Annotation - Chapter 17, Page 210
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Old Bailey (the central criminal court of London); pronounce judgement.
"Ounce of judgement" is also an expression in itself. Samuel Butler's Erewhon Revisited has the epigram "An ounce of judgement is worth a pound of discovery", which is very relevant to the disastrous rediscovery that takes place in RW. RG