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Witchy Lawya

.An ordinary woman, trapped in a lawya's body sinning her way 'round that cunning old snake, the Law. And God save the powdered wig! Away from the courthouse, the wrangling courts & stubborn law, I live at 'Fat Lawyer Farm' a little farm with a farmhouse where I’m going a bit soft in the head ruminating with marsupials, crows, galahs & other creatures great & small. And God bless the living souls of sacred lawyas so often clumsily represented!

~ lawyer doll is actually a taxidermy rat (or mouse) ~

How about this curiosity: A taxidermy rat lawyer – an oddity, yes, but the real thing.

gorgeous lawyer mouse!

ideal for cabinet of curiosities or interesting

very neat and the dress and the book and hammer work

This is a real rat stuffed and naturalized

the rat measures 18 cm

sold with his books and hammer

By mbcreature on Etsy

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& the peculiarity of being a law peddler in Australia means I’m an ant in a world full of spiders providing the best representation money can’t buy. Like Rumpole said, “crime paid but only a little at a time“.

& the forensic utterances, the scribblings, in this blog are for fun, interest, sharing … :-)

Recent Siftings

~ ever wondered how they make the powdered wig? ~ March 8, 2019
~ we can appeal ~ March 3, 2019
~ chickens in the house ~ January 27, 2019
~ gallus domesticus in the house ~ January 26, 2019
~ pools & ponds at night at home ~ January 13, 2019
~ down home means an old country birdhouse ~ January 13, 2019
~ how to make that “funny white curly thingy on your head” – the barristers wig ~ January 4, 2019
~ wanna eat a lawyer? in love with a lawyer? have a lawyer in the family? want a gift for your lawyer? ~ January 3, 2019
~ holy, holy, a saintly piece of brocante ~ December 31, 2018
~ court in the act: authentic, vintage, wiggy & gowny … & most seriously barristerial ~ December 21, 2018

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Yesterday, when Mum in law came home, I (Hattie) was allowed to have that uncomfortable & dreadfully inhibiting Elizabethan collar removed... but only for a little while as she did a few jobs on the home reno. . . It's me & Edith in the first 2 shots (we're sitting on the step ladder) & Gracie in the last 2. Swipe across to see. . . We're 🇦🇺 cats by the way living in the beautiful land down-under. We meow in our native Australian feliscatus dialect i.e. our cute meow accent, or brogue, is plain Aussie. 😍 . . Gracie is a chocolate Burmese, Edith a brown tortie Burmese & me the beautiful brown (sable in USA) Burmese. Hope ya'll had a happy Easter 😺🐰 . . #burmesecat #Burmescatlove #burmesekitten #burmese #brownburmese #fatlawyerfarm #chocolateBurmese #burmestortie #hattie #gracie #edith #burmesebrown #hatticusfinch #witchylawya

Truth & Justice

Another lamb, a pretty black & white one was born Tuesday morning. Baby suckled well & mother & baby were going great per @lemongumhill. No need to take baby & left with mother & flock. See previous posts re lambing this last week. . ...Alas, the next morning the lamb was gone! Poof! Just like that the dreaded 🦊 took its fresh prey! Sadly, I did not get a pic of the pretty little lambkin. . .... not sure where Alan (alpaca) was. We've got to eliminate the horrid 🦊 fox beast. I've seen a large fox lurking recently. Of course, likely more than the one hiding out in the old olive trees flanking the left side of the track down to the house. . .... The 🦊 problem is ever present for us @fatlawyerfarm & @lemongumhill Outfoxing is an ongoing saga. . Swipe for for more. The lamb featured is not the one taken by the fox - it was black & white. The black & white alpaca is Alan. The close up shot is one of the mum ewes chewing the cud 😊 . . #fox #sheep #lambs #lambing #redfox #foxbait #foxelimination #fatlawyerfarm #foxprey #foxhunting #angaston #foxpredation #lemongumhill #1080foxbait

2 young members of the world's largest marsupial mammals found along the drive at home @fatlawyerfarm yesterday morning 🇦🇺 Swipe for more. . . #kangaroo #roo #marsupial #worldslargetsmarsupial #mammalia #macropod #fatlawyerfarm #angaston #marsupialmammal #australiannativeanimal

Art by Zolton Fenyes 'Ridiculous' & 'Barristers & Accused'. . . #zoltonfenyes #barristerart #legalart #oilonboard #lawyerart #lawasart #lawyergift #judgegift #artportraits #legalcaricatures

Our little chocolate feliscatus, Hattie of @fatlawyerfarm, attended at The Vet Clinic at Angaston yesterday for spaying. ... & she hates the Elizabethan collar she has to wear. "Ugh" she says, "get this rotten clunker of a thing off my neck! I need freedom ..." (3rd image) . . #hattie #thevetclinicangaston #forpetssake #burmesecat #fatlawyerfarm #catlove #feliscatus #burmesecatlove#hatticusfinch #burmesebrown #spaying #witchylawya #felinespaying #angastonvet #thevetclinic

4/ Raymond DE SEZE was Tronchet’s young colleague. In closing argument at Louis’ trial, he finished with this appeal to history: . . .... "Louis ascended the throne at the age of twenty, and at the age of twenty he gave to the throne the example of character. He brought to the throne no wicked weaknesses, no corrupting passions. He was economical, just, severe. He showed himself always the constant friend of the people. . . ... The people wanted the abolition of servitude. He began by abolishing it on his own lands. . . . ...The people asked for reforms in the criminal law… he carried out these reforms. . . ...The people wanted liberty: he gave it to them. The people themselves came before him in his sacrifices. Nevertheless, it is in the name of these very people that one today demands… Citizens, I cannot finish… I stop myself before History. Think how it will judge your judgement, and that the judgement of him will be judged by the centuries." See 1/ 2/ & 3/ for more. ... #trialofLouisXVI #thekingstrial #deseze #louisXVI #robespierre #frenchrevolution #regicide #witchylawya #tronchet #guillotine #deathpenalty #malesherbes #marieantoinette

3/ Francis-Denis TRONCHET, an ex Magistrate of the Parlement, came out of retirement to represent Louis. Louis asked him to be counsel for the defence. ... . . 'In accepting, Tronchet grumbled about the interruption of his retirement, but he could not refuse to serve someone whose fate was "suspended beneath the blade of the law" - the current euphemism for the guillotine' (Schama). Tronchet performed the difficult & dangerous task with high ability & courage. Tronchet was born into a family of barristers. In the pre-Revolutionay period, he spent many years in study rather than legal practice. His distinguished legal career led to his being buried at the the Pantheon. See 2/ or 1/ for more. . #tronchet #louisXVI #frenchrevolution #deathpenalty #deseze #counselforthedefence #trialoflouisXVI #regicide #witchylawya #nationalconvention #execution #simonschama #citizens #guillotine #malesherbes

2/ A lawyer & a Royalist, Guliaume MALESHERBES left France when the Revolution broke out. In 1792 on hearing the King was about to be tried & judged by the Convention he returned to France. . . ... An experienced attorney, a retired jurist & former minister, he asked permission from the President of the Convention to serve as defence counsel for the King. . . ... Many people judged it to be dangerous at the time to offer to act for Louis, to help save his life. . . ... Malesherbes, by now a septuagenarian, offered to join the team of lawyers. . . ... In writing to the President, he said: . . . ....' I am far from supposing that so important a person as yourself should concern yourself with me, but I was twice called to, the [royal] council of him who was my master at a time when that position was universally aspired to. I owe him the same service when it is an office that many people judge to be dangerous.' (Schama's 'Citizens' 655) . . ... Malasherbes acknowledged that offering his services to Louis may put him in danger. . . ... As a result of advocating for Louis XVI as one of his defence counsel Malesherbes was arrested in Dec 1793 & condemned to death as a counter revolutionary by the Revolutionary Tribunal & guillotined with his daughter & grandchildren. . . ... The historical record includes journal entries as to what passed between Louis XVI & Malesherbes. See 1/ or 3/ for more. #malesherbes #tronchet #louisXVI #guillotine #marieantoinette #regicideandrevolution #witchylawya #frenchrevolution #trialoflouisXVI #regicide #fairtrial

1/ You need the right lawyer when you are “suspended beneath the blade of the law” ... We hear about lawyers of the French Revolution especially those who became political leaders/activists like Robespierre, Danton & Desmoulins. In fact, lawyers made up the bulk of the National Convention’s (NC) Third Estate. BUT have you ever heard of Louis XVI defence lawyers? Who were the 3 lawyers who represented him at trial before the NC? Likely facing the death penalty, the King needed ALL the help he could get, a strong team of lawyers. Like any death penalty case, then or now, the lawyer’s main goal is to save the defendant’s life. So who were the men who stepped forward to represent Louis as he was ‘suspended beneath the blade of the law’ – the current euphemism for the guillotine? Who were the 3 lawyers who stepped forward to manifest the responsibility of a lawyer to his client & by doing so, in this case in particular, put their own lives at risk? The 3 advocates were Malesherbes, Tronchet & De Seze. They vigorously prepared the case for Louis. They defended the King despite the dangers to their careers & lives. It was true professionalism; ethical advocacy. . . What am I talking about when, as criminal defence lawyers, we act ethically? Whenever a person is at the mercy of the state facing a criminal charge, there are lawyers prepared to step up & fight for that person & on his behalf, to stand up for the ideals of liberty, freedom & equality, for things like freedom from arbitrary arrest & a fair trial regardless of the lawyers’ personal thoughts & considerations. The ethics of the legal profession always trump a lawyer’s personal thoughts & feelings & those of the public. As advocates we are professionally & ethically bound to aid the client with ardour in presenting his side of the case. The state sustains the burden of proof regarding guilt. See /2. . #LouisXVI #regicide #frenchrevolution #deathpenalty #guillotine #ethicsofadvocacy #Schama #thirdestate #tronchet #malesherbes #deseze #danton #robespierre #desmoulins #marieantoinette #

Sad that the baby lambs are being born to be orphaned. The twins, born Saturday, were orphaned as was the little one yesterday. (See earlier post). It’s called far lower than average rainfalls here. Also called a drought or big dry. . ..... While there’s pasture/stubble here, the length of time without rain means the feed is low to the ground & very dry. The price of supplementary feeding or additional feed like grain, hay or silage has risen considerably in response to demand. I sure do feel for the large sheep producers, and the sheep, in these dry seasons. .. . Anyway, we @fatlawyerfarm & @lemongumhill could see the ewes (mums) did not want them to feed despite the little ones desperately trying to latch on & suckle. This was the little one born yesterday. Look closely & you’ll see mum using her left hind leg to bat away the lamb as it tried to suckle. . . .... The mums abandon their young to die simply because the dry pasture & lack of food means the diet is not nutritionally adequate for pregnancy & lactation i.e. the ewes can’t produce enough milk. There is not enough food for the mums AND their lambs to survive. The lambs must be left behind. .. . Being autumn here, the nights are getting colder & lambs won’t survive without the warmth of their mother. The dry also means no chance of cross mothering. And the fox ….🦊! . ....The only way to save them is to remove them from the group & hand feed at home. Colostrum or colustrum formula/substitutes are available for the critical first bottle feed which must be given within the first 24 hours if the lambs are to survive. Lambs also drink milk or milk substitute & like to be fed small, constant feeds. .. .. . As a child growing up at Leasingham all those years ago, I clearly remember the large glass coke bottle I used (with long teat attached) for feeding the abandoned lambs & baby goats.. . Time for some decent rain around here please. ---- #sheep #lambs #lambing #drought #ewes #orphanlambs #colostrum #fatlawyerfarm #babysheep #witchylawya #twinlambs #orphan #handreared #angaston #barossavalley

I realise we're in full political campaign mode with the national elections in 🇦🇺 on 18 May. But an unsolicited political text msg from Cory Bernardi of the Australian Conservative Party? Really. Hope that's the first & last of them. Annoying. Intrusive. But maybe there's a silver lining as Clive says, as part of his United Australia Party's make Australia great campaign, he'll ban them when elected. Clive Palmer that is 🙄 😶 And when was Australia never great Clive? PS Ironically, Clive's UAP sent a mass unsolicited text msg telling recipients he'll ban the practice when elected. I didnt get one from Clive fortunately. . . #electionsAustralia #australianpolitics #national #electionsAustralia #witchylawya #politicalcampaignaustralia #unsolicitedpoliticaltextmessages #spamtexts #politicsAustralia #votinginAustralia #fatlawyerfarm

Twins born about 7 am this morning 🐑🐑 You can see Alan, (alpaca) & the other sheep checking out the little newborns. . .....Next thing is keeping them safe from the main predator, the 🦊 & hoping that mum can mother them well. Little more work for mum ewes with multiple births. And, yes, more lambs expected any time. We @fatlawyerfarm & @lemongumhill can move or segregate the mothers & babies depending on circumstances. . . #lambing #sheep #ewe #fox #fatlawyerfarm #lambcare #alpaca #lambnursing #foxpredator #lamb #Angaston #newbornlambs #lemongumhill #witchylawya #multiplebirths #barossavalley #babylamb

Yesterday ... our little chocolate frog, Hatticus, contorts & squeezes herself into a tiny old pot to play, chat & bath. The little lady of @fatlawyerfarm was 5 mths old on 9 April. . . #burmescat #brownburmese #hattie #burmesebrown #sableburmese #catlove #burmesecatlove #fatlawyerfarm #burmesecatlovers #hatticusfinch #hatticus #witchylawya

‘Hattie’ – our little Hatticus Finch

Our newest family member, little Hattie, is a brown Burmese born 9 Nov 2018. So like a little block of smooth milk chocolate, you just want to eat her all up.

~ Tiny Barrister Dolly ~

~ Mini Justesses ~

Did you know that lawyers are living history?! A click on this image & you’re at the Courthouse for the 1880s trial of bushranger (outlaw) Ned Kelly in Melbourne, Victoria. You also see the lawyers’ dress of the day. Little, if anything, has changed. Yep, lawyers, here, still wear the same regalia. Yep, lawyers in Australia are living history! Seriously. Throw out the history books! Hang around the Courts for your free, daily, living history show. Immerse yourself & become a real social historian through experiential learning.

Fat Lawyer Farm

Looking back to the front of the house this past summer in January 2019. The long grass has well & truly gone.

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