Annotation - Chapter 17, Page 210
From Riddley Walker Annotations
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