SIR,—One is inclined to write letters after a good meal,
and after a good meal one has the desire to carry an idea a little farther. Mr. Levin's interesting article for me supported by implication the belief I have always, held—that Lord Jeffreys has suffered posthumously from injustice. At the culmination of a dangerous rebellion he allowed himself phrases which surely have been equalled and surpassed for their inhumanity and stupidity by many of his suc- cessors as Lord Chief Justice, but his successors have not had his excuse of an armed revolt against the existing order. I would like Mr. Levin, who knows far more than I do on this subject (for I have 'come up against' only one Chief Justice, Lord Hewart), to answer this question : have we ever had a Lord Chief Justice superior in law and human understand- ing to Lord Jeffreys? This is not a very high standard to demand.—Yours faithfully,
GRAHAM GREENE
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