text:  The story in substance I understand to be this--That Lord Braxfield once tried a man for forgery at the Circuit at _Dumfries_ who was not merely an acquaintance but an intimate friend of his Lordship with whom he used to play at chess: That he did this as coolly as if he had been a perfect stranger: That the man was found guilty: That he pronounced sentence of death upon him; and then added "Now John I think I have _checkmated_ you now