Told out of court; personal experiences of members of the Chicago Bench and bar . e rolling mills, got in trouble with his fam-ily I went out to defend him. Through receiving good payfor many years as a puddler at the rolling mills Phelimhad acquired a pretty snug piece of property. This he wasinduced to transfer to his wife. When the rolling millsclosed down he lost his job and was unable to find , in his declining years, he began, like Falstaff, totake his ease in his inn and enjoy himself occasionallywith the flowing bowl, with the result that his family—he had six or seven grow
Told out of court; personal experiences of members of the Chicago Bench and bar . e rolling mills, got in trouble with his fam-ily I went out to defend him. Through receiving good payfor many years as a puddler at the rolling mills Phelimhad acquired a pretty snug piece of property. This he wasinduced to transfer to his wife. When the rolling millsclosed down he lost his job and was unable to find , in his declining years, he began, like Falstaff, totake his ease in his inn and enjoy himself occasionallywith the flowing bowl, with the result that his family—he had six or seven grown up children—had him arrestedon a charge of drunkenness, with the filial intent of havinghim sent to the workhouse or the bridewell, and so gettingrid of him. Some of his neighbors bailed him out andhe came to me to defend him. When I went into court Ifound his whole unmerciful family arrayed against himyall eager and willing to swear and do their worst. I triedto patch up a truce, but in vain—they were bent on gettingrid of the old man. The case went to trial and I de-. HON. JOSEPH A. ODONNELL Able and highly respected lawyer, who was electedjudge of the Circuit Court of Cook County by largepopular vote. As member of the Legislature1889-93 he took leading part in the passage of variousimportant measures, including the Australian Ballot lawand Juvenile Court law. Gives valuable aid in publicaffairs of Chicago. TOLD OUT OF COUET 25 fended him as best I could, pointing out the rank ingrati-tude of his family, after his long years of hard labor forthem, in trying to turn him out of house and home. Totheir contemptible mortification, he was acquitted. On leaving court he came to me delighted and tearfulwith joy. Misther ODonnell, I thank you, he said. Iknow that lawyers must live. ISTow, I havent got anymoney, but for what youve done for me this mornin Illgive you one of the finest goats from here to Indiana. Oh, no, never mind, Phelim, I said. What littleservice Ive done fo
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