1872, Charles Kent, Charles Dickens as a Reader Chapter , That "most wonderful woman in the world," Aunt Betsey, for example; or that most laconic of carriers, Mr. Barkis; or, to name yet one other, Uriah Heep, that reddest and most writhing of rascally attornies.
April 22, 1988, Bill Burck, Local Color: A Night in Court, The hand-stenciled sign over the center door reads, "No attorniessic allowed in assembly."