Living London; its work and its play, its humour and and its pathos, its sights and its scenes; . RATE 304 LIVING A SKCOND-HAND CLOTHES STORE County Court over a disputed account orhis neglect to pay an undisputed bill. TheCounty Court procedure is, as a rule, shortand summary, and the atmosphere is ratherpoverty-stricken. A day in a County Court would disheartena Mark Taplej-. The whole surroundings aredepressing : there is an air of seediness aboutthe little crowd of defendants, and the plaintiffsappear none too confident as to increasingtheir stock of ready money with
Living London; its work and its play, its humour and and its pathos, its sights and its scenes; . RATE 304 LIVING A SKCOND-HAND CLOTHES STORE County Court over a disputed account orhis neglect to pay an undisputed bill. TheCounty Court procedure is, as a rule, shortand summary, and the atmosphere is ratherpoverty-stricken. A day in a County Court would disheartena Mark Taplej-. The whole surroundings aredepressing : there is an air of seediness aboutthe little crowd of defendants, and the plaintiffsappear none too confident as to increasingtheir stock of ready money with the lawsassistance. There is always plenty of hardswearing in a County Court, and the CountyCourt judge takes a cynical view of he is practical, and in most cases whenpoverty is pleaded makes an order for pay-ment by instalments which the plaintiffconsiders preposterous. The defendant whofails to keep up the instalments ma}% if theplaintiff is a man of energy and determination,find himself in prison for contempt of are men well dressed, well groomed,and living in apparent hixur), who are con-stantly hover
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