Then he gave a sudden leap and sat down on the bar several yards off.
"Leo the Circus Boy"
Ralph Bonehill
When Harry entered the court room in charge of the sheriff, he looked neither to the right nor to the left, and saw no one before him but his own counsel, who arose and extended a friendly hand, and led him to a seat beside himself within the bar.
"The Eye of Dread"
Payne Erskine
Meanwhile he is carrying all before him at the bar, and is as sure of the Bench as though he were on it.
"The Martins Of Cro' Martin, Vol. II (of II)"
Charles James Lever