Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1825-05-10
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passed at the pdblic-house between
Bagshaw and you.
Witness.-Well, Sir, had little
business to settle, and went to the
public-house, and called for glass Of
rum and water. 1t was warm.
Mr.. Sergeant Vaughan.-Tell us
what the defendant Bagshaw said. Ne
yer mind the rum and water.
Witness.-But you must hear about
Bob Bagshaw first. / had got my rum
and water in my hand, and l had four
or FIVE sups at it. Bagshaw says, "Sup
it up, and ha' sup wi me-" "Nay,"
says 1, 81 do'ant want any of your rum
and water, / can pay for rum and wa
ter myself" Essays he, "What have
you got to say against us, Bob :" But
l have ore run my story. I should
ha' tald you that Bob is butcher, and
Just out Of his time. He is tidy
made chap enough. Now they tell
me that Bob has been arter our Sukey;
that's my daughter: but never seed
him about the house mysel, never, or
I should ha' forbid him, that's sure
enough, for do'ant like the breed it's
a bad breed in my opinion. and .Suke
shall never ha' him by my consent
"But" sa, Bagshaw, "Why won't you
let your daughter have Bob ?" "Be-
kase," says I, 81 do amt like your breed,
and never did" "Says he, "Bob is
able to get a good living" "Says /,
"That may be, but he shan't have my
daughter" l do'ant like the breed
gentlemen, and never did. "But,"
says he, "Bob would have something
worth having" "Nay, but" says !,
she shan't have my daughter though,
for all that" "Nhy" says he, "My
breed is not very bad breed; look at
my red-haircd stock at Wilson's 50
The doctor was there. He was axing
Bagshaw for the money for doctering
Wilson's wife. Pretty devil Of tale,
thinks /, for him 10 be axing Bagshaw
for the money for such Job. wur
vexed bekase / thought Wilson was
queerly off; but heard it talked Of
for years. Bagshaw said, his was 4
better stock than Wilson's; they had
all red hair. He said he had had her
with him at his own house.
| Cross-examined by Mr.. Common
Sergeant.-I was not very well pleas
ed to hear Bagshaw's talk. There
was an old quarrel between US. He is
a queerish chap, l can tell you. l
have several daughters married and one
is married to my Brother. He might
say, 81 had better marry her to Bob,
than to my brother" We have never
been friendly, for he is rougish Gus
toner. The doctor was joking with
him. Oh 10. I didn't rightly un-
derstand you, it was no joke. 1t was
the talk of the whole neighbourhood,
and had been for many years. told
Wilson about it. He said he had ne
YER seen note (nothingl clearly, but he
had heard about it often. said, eff
you had not, you must have been deaf
and dumb; could ha' found it out
years ago, if had been in your place
The youngest Of the red-haired stock
is about five or six years of age, ]
should think, but I do'ant know exact
Iy. Heis good slapping chap.
During the examination Of this wit
ness the whole court was in roar of
laughter. 1t was in vain to endea-
vor to keep him to the point in ques-
ton. He could not tell any thing,
unless he was allowed to talk about his
daughter Suke and Bob Bagshaw.
A strong contrast to this may be
found in the following statement OF the
freight of evidence in another case.
On the part of the defence, reference
was made for body of documentary.
evidence, weighing upwards Of four
teen hundred weight, principally pro-
duced from the Tower and the Duchy
office. A great portion of these re-
cords were in Latin s. Norman French,
but they were readily translated as
they were read by the gentlemen who
produced them, and though in general,
as is the nature Of causes like this, to
be extremely heavy and undressing,
in this instance, the attention of
crowded court was closely fixed on
what was passing at the table, during
the many hours that we're consumed in
reading musts parchments and papers:
The peculiar quaintness Of the style Of
some ofthese muniments might in some
measure have induced an inclination in
the auditors to listen to the unintelligi-
bic phraseology Of their forefathers; or,
what is more likely, they were amused
in seeing the deep anxiety with which
ten councillors (among whom was the
Attorney-General, who had been spe-
ciaIly retained for the defendant) sought
to prevent a single word pass their
hearing, notwithstanding the subject
4 was to the greater part of those in the
court as replete with unmeaning jargon
as it would be to the wild Indian from
the woods of America.