
From the heading of this letter you will wonder where I am & why.—Well I
will tell you.—A patient of mine is suing the Lancashire & Yorkshire
Railway Co. for damages for personal injuries received in a Railway accident, last
January & I have been summoned to give Evidence in his favour. The case is not
yet on so as I have to wait here I thought I would occupy the time in writing to
you. I have just left the great hall with its—crowd of people—witnesses,
planitiffs, defendants; spectators, barristers with wig & gown, lawyers law
clerks, jurymen beadles, policemen, officials & all the vast assembly of human
units who make up the throng & all interested in something going on inside the different courts—from Murder &
Manslaughter to theft—a strange & weird scene
full of suggestiveness.
The other day I recd a good letter from Warry from wh I was glad to learn that you were then about your usual
health & I trust that since then it has improved
Sorry to hear of Mrs. Davis's illness & hope she too is now better
H.L.T. sends me a paper with your letter re the two actors.
But I must stop now & go into the Court.
Bolton. Later (54 Manchester Rd),
Case over—plaintiffs awarded £350—& I have returned
home—A heavy fall of sleet has partially whitened the streets & it has not yet
ceased. Very cold today too—A busy day with me—have just got through & am
off to testify my sympathy with the object of an entertainment got up on behalf of
the widows of 3 Railway men who were killed this year.

