The Solicitor-General's Nightshirt.
In his "Jottings of an Old Solicitor," Sir John Hollams tells a good story of Sir Charles Wetherall, a< Solicitor-General of tiie day, who had fixed a consultation for certain lay clients, most important directors, ai a.jras company ,(ipduding; an, MJP.), who were to fight a motion to commit them for contempt. Clients and solicitor repaired to Stone Buildings, where Sir Charles resided and had his chamber*. On knocking at the door it was opened Dy Sir Charles Wetherall, with nothing on but his. night-shirt, which doubtless had been white, but could hardly at that time be so described. Having asked them in, he proceeded to dress and to shave in the calmest way without a word of explanation or apology. . . . He was a remarkable man. He did not wear braces, and there was generally a space of an inch or so between his waistcoat and the top of his trousers.
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Otago Witness, Issue 2801, 20 November 1907, Page 91
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