292 JOHN PORTER OF KINGSCLERE 



He generally contrived to spend the week-end 

 with me when he was attending the Assizes at 

 Winchester. He would bring with him his 

 fox-terrier. We were walking on the Downs 

 one Sunday afternoon, the Judge reeling off some 

 of his tales, when we suddenly realised that the 

 dog had disappeared. We " whistled " him to 

 no purpose, and the Judge became greatly dis- 

 tressed. Mr. Lopes (son of Mr. Justice Lopes) 

 was with us, and he and I went away to the rabbit 

 warren in search of the truant. By the merest 

 chance I saw the dog's tail poking out of a rabbit 

 hole, and, taking hold of it, hauled him out. He 

 had so wedged himself in that he could never 

 have got out without assistance. A fox-terrier 

 I gave to Queen Alexandra lost his life by getting 

 into a similar fix. 



Mr. Justice Hawkins used to relate some 

 wonderful stories of his experiences at the Bar. 

 He was very proud of the fact that his speech at 

 the Tichborne trial was the longest on record. 

 He had the reputation of being ** a hanging 

 judge,** but he disowned the idea. He used to 

 say that there were two classes of criminals — 

 some naturally criminal, others made criminals 

 by force of circumstances. To the former, who 

 were a danger to society, he always gave as much 

 punishment as the law allowed; the others he was 

 disposed to treat leniently. I should say he was 

 a very just and discriminating judge. 



