He holds him with his skinny hand,

“There was a Case” quoth he.

“Hold off!—unhand me, greybeard loon!”

But still the tale must be.

“The case was called, the usher bawled,

’Regina v. Castro;

The work began, upstood the man

Whom all as Claimant know.

“Day after day, day after day,

Into the box came he,