according to law. Herein fail not.

"Given under my hand and seal, this 12th day of July, in the
year of our Lord 1882, at the Mansion House Justice-Room,
aforesaid.
"WHITTAKER ELLIS, Lord Mayor, London."

On the following Monday, July 17, the junior Member for Northampton
stood beside us in the Mansion House dock. The court was of course
crowded, and a great number of people stood outside waiting for a
chance of admission. The Lord Mayor considerately allowed us seats
on hearing that the case would occupy a long time, a piece of attention
which he might also have displayed on the previous Tuesday. It seems
extremely unjust that men who are defending themselves, who need all
their strength for the task, and who may after all be innocent,
should be obliged to stand for hours in a crowded court in the
dog-days, and waste half their energies in the perfectly gratuitous
exertion of maintaining their physical equilibrium.

I shall not describe the proceedings before the Lord Mayor on this
occasion. Properly speaking, it was Mr. Bradlaugh's day, and some
time or other its incidents will be recorded in his biography.
Suffice it to say that he showed his usual legal dexterity, sat
on poor Mr. Maloney, and sadly puzzled the Lord Mayor. I must,
however, refer to one point, as it illustrates the high Christian
morality of our prosecutors. Mr. Maloney had obtained an illegal
order from the Lord Mayor to inspect Mr. Bradlaugh's bank account,
and armed with this order, which, even if it were legal, would not
have extended beyond the limits of the City, this enterprising
barrister had overhauled the books of the St. John's Wood Branch of