Burke Manuscript

Burke Manuscript: Page 178

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Of lawyers’ clerk there were some oddities. There was a most peculiar little shrivelled up man named Bertrand like a sketch from Dickens, who was Mr Joynt’s officer, when he first commenced practice. He was a poor harmless amusing thing, and got very tight. I think he ended in the Mad House. With him as a boy, was one who has turned out a very shrewd man, CA.C. Cunningham. There was also another queer one Tom. Hichens he had been articled to, I think, Gresson and also to Wyatt. He was another rare beer man. Then there was Fisher, clerk to Mr Slater, he was supposed to be a master hand in the Bankruptcy line. Mr Appleby was a retiring modest youth, with Mr Fereday; Michael Hart was articled to Mr J.S. Duncan, Crown Prosecutor, and after serving five years, there was some difficulty as to the articles. Hart seemed to be his right hand man in all criminal procedures. In Harston & Cowlishaw (Garrick) some youngsters were, Guinness, the present member, J.B. Fisher, now one of the firm, I think R.C. Bishop, and a most important little personage of the name of Salter or Slater.

Jimmy Goodman began as a very litttle boy under Teddy Preston, in W. Williams’ office. J. Papprill began with C.W. Wyatt, and has followed the firm, seemingly as Custodian of Deeds. John D. Bamford, was I think, a qualified solicitor, but was for years clerk with Wormald, in Lyttelton, afterwards with Moorhouse and Macfarlane. Joynt, was clerk to Mr Duncan first (or Gresson)