The Pickwick Papers · Character
Justice Stareleigh
The irritable and deaf judge presiding over the Bardell vs. Pickwick trial.
minor
Also known as Mr. Justice Stareleigh
First appearance: xii
Justice Stareleigh shows up with force in The Trial of Bardell vs. Pickwick. The page is where that presence becomes real.
The judge presiding over the trial; wakes up after Buzfuz's speech and makes pedantic remarks about testimony.
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- Trial legal figures
- Pickwick Club and Weller family
- Pickwickians and associates
- Ipswich and Bath characters
- Protagonist
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See Justice Stareleigh in xii