Surveillance video showed him wearing a gray wig while standing at the checkout ... who prosecuted the case. Prosecutors said Barnard’s criminal history dates back to 1984, including prior ...

whether it’s a barrister in a wig or the silent ceremony that creates the next Lord Mayor of the City, think what we would lose if it were to disappear. I rest my case.

The first widespread cases of members of the judiciary sporting the wig didn’t appear until around 1685, as the rest of society was starting to turn away from the trend. By the 1840s ...