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A MAN was described in a plea as I. Jones, and the pleader referred
in another part of the plea to I as an initial. The plaintiff said
that the plea was bad, because I was not a name. Sir W. Maule said
that there was no reason why a man might not be christened I as well
as Isaac, inasmuch as either could be pronounced alone. The counsel for
the plaintiff then objected that the plea admitted that I was not a
name by describing it as an initial.--Yes, retorted the judge, but
it does not aver that it is not a final as well as an initial
letter.

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