Lord
Eskgrove was a very " wordy " judge. Lord Cockburn says he heard
him, in condemning a tailor to death for murdering a soldier by
stabbing him, aggravate the offence thus :-
" And not only did you murder him, whereby he was bereaved of
his life, but you did thrust, or push, or pierce, or project,
or propel, the lethal weapon through the bellyband of his regimental
breeches, which were His Majesty's !"
