The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1825-10-06
among his intimatcs, that he never
tasted so great dainty before.
Ff0W INT Jt0fRtIOttH WfTfoFn HHH.
MAGISTRATE ) OFFICE.

From The Gsofgcio,on Metropolitan.
MAGISTRATE. OFFICE.
Miss Kitty Brown, very digni.
fed landlady, of great muscle. ro-
tnndity, &c. and somewhat of an
,9mdzon IN appearance. made oath,
that young man had put her IN
+" bodily fear :" whereupon the
young man was Immediately sum
moncd before Justice Russard. TO
answer to the plant. lie was quite
astonished, affirming that he never
carried any weapon that lady like
Miss Kitty ought to fear. Besides,
he felt himself quite disgraced to be
=. drd1ccd before the Squire when
he had only been To take leave Of
La fiat. he said, ms he was pass
ing Miss Kitty's house, he spoke in
very gallant manner to one of her
maids. who answered him In rude
and very ondecent language, and he
did tell her ina laughing way, that
if she ever spoke To him 80 again.
he would whip her in an inch of her
life. He really did say that To the
maid. but not to Miss Kitty. Miss
X. said that if he abused her house,
or any one in il, twas the same as
herself, and therefore she cam'd to
try what the law would do. A coun-
trymnn present advised Miss Kitty
to make up with the young man,
and To leave the Office in one way
and the young man the opposite !;
but Miss Kitty asked him where he
got his lac tdrnimg--shc did not IN
tend Ia employ counsel, and could
manage her own cause therefore
did not thank him for his rice. The
case appearing an ill-natured one,
was dismissed-Miss Kitty to "pay
costs OF suit"
Miss Kitty left the Office, mutter-
ing, when she was out OF the magls-
tratc's hearing, that she would take
the law In her own hands II he tooPd
about her again she'd i" sho7u him
the short 1uay," she'd be bound.
While the above trial was in It's
very zenith, young gentleman was
brought in. charged with riding his
horse at an improper speed. The
young gentleman had been dining
with some friends, and was evident
~, as the sailors say, ga httte by the
heads lie asked the Justice, whe n
he entered, if he were party to all
the business going on. for, II that
were the case, he must BIC allowed
time to prepare his defence. Com.
Stewart was allowed time To prepare
his, and there should be no PARTIAL
ty. lie must be allowed the same.
Justice Bassard smiling, told him
that he had been summoned for vio-
Iating an Ordinance OF the Corpo-
ration and, reaching the laws, read
to him the section relating to forcing
or suffering horse, carriage, was
gon or cart to go through the streets
at an improper speed. The Young
gentleman maintained that there was
not n scintiiia of law in the Whole
business he knew thing or two AZ
well az the magistrate. II was con-
trary to the law of nations and he
defed Mr.. Magistrate to show him
any such thing in Vattel, PulIendort
and Grotlus. lie read law three
years himself, and was not to be
hamboo=tcd. The magistrate told
him to sit down until he had decided
upon the Gaze he was at, and then he
would hear any thing he had to say
in his defence. "Oh, no, h0," SAID
he, g if am to be interrupted in the
chain of my argument IN that way
the liberty of speech to be suppress
sed in that style, 1 must bow to my
fate" This was too much for the
risibIes of all present, and loud
laugh was not restrained by the ma
gisteriai presence. =" Laugh away
gentlemen, (said he) but l am not tt
be put down this way"
The other trial being finished, thu
magistrate said, "mcll, Sir, | an
now ready for your deieace." Blu
il was too late. The gentleman. tol'
him to fine what he pleased. Ii,
would not have been stopped in hi
speech for fifty dollars, it would have
proved so edifying to the company
Besides. the magistrate could no
have fined him ii he had heard him
out. The speech. however, seemed
to have had its due weight, for thu