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JOHN MAGEE, formerly the printer of the Dublin Evening Post, was full
of shrewdness and eccentricity. Several prosecutions were instituted
against him by the government, and many keen encounters of the tongue
took place on these occasions between him and John Scott, Lord Clonmel,
who was at that period Chief Justice of the King's Bench. In addressing
the Court in his own defence, Magee had occasion to allude to some
public character, who was better known by a familiar designation. The
official gravity of Clonmel was disturbed; and he, with bilious
asperity, reproved the printer, by saying, Mr. Magee, we allow no
nicknames in this court,---Very well, John Scott, was the reply.

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