On Friday, Mr. Whalley, M.P., was brought up before the
Queen's. Bench for contempt, for having written a letter calcu- lated to influence the Jury. The letter professed his continued confidence in the person called Jean Luie. After a warm dis- cussion, during which his counsel tried hard to mollify the Court by hinting that his client was rather a fool than otherwise—a line of defence indignantly repudiated by the. Member for Peter- borough,—the Court decided that he had been guilty of contempt,, and must pay a fine of £250, or be imprisoned till he did. He- refused to pay, and was carried away in custody. We suppose Mr. Whalley will henceforward denounce the Lord Chief Justice- and Mr. Justice Mellor as Jesuits in disguise, but what will he do with Mr. Justice Lush ? Seriously, it is quite time that the dignity of the Bench should be vindicated by means even more effectual than epigrams from Sir A. Cockburn.
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