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A senior jurist offers a collection of reminiscences about twenty-five years spent practising in Manchester, combining legal memoir with social observation. He outlines his student days and progress to the bar, records courtroom scenes from quarter sessions to capital trials, and profiles fellow judges, lawyers, and civic personalities. Alongside procedural detail he sketches local theatres, municipal affairs, and everyday urban life, using humor and anecdote to evoke changing streets and institutions. The essays blend practical reflections on law with personal memories of place, friendship, and the idiosyncrasies of northern civic culture.
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