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Judges and Judiciary

Jan. 10, 2017

Miss Ann Thrope

It has been my practice at the end of each year to call on my aged friend Miss Ann Thrope. It has been some time since I last wrote about her. She is from a bygone era, I am not sure which, and objects to the au courant prefix "Ms."

2nd Appellate District, Division 6

Arthur Gilbert

Presiding Justice
2nd District Court of Appeal, Division 6

UC Berkeley School of Law, 1963

Arthur's previous columns are available on gilbertsubmits.blogspot.com.


UNDER SUBMISSION

It has been my practice at the end of each year to call on my aged friend Miss Ann Thrope. It has been some time since I last wrote about her. She is from a bygone era, I am not sure which, and objects to the au courant prefix "Ms." She is aged and ageless, and reputed to have been the lover of Moliere.

Miss Ann, an avowed deist, has been an invaluable source of secular wisdom...

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