Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1839-02-07
DEFERRED ARTICLES.
F.sm The Aagnstd tGd.) Mirror.
LAW IN GEORGIA.
love laughs n, lovers. rowtfs anil shame,
Ard n,nn hid hotter hn lie sa,nn

me while In the county of = He sttayed INTO the
Cour, Hovse, aud was present the atraigumeni Of
q man bv the OF Henry Day. Who charged
with attempting TO hill his wife. Day pale
little man. and his wife. who present, ms
perfect Behemath. The indictment bcn. fe,d,
therrisouer was asked 10 say whether lie was Guilty
or no, Gniy.R-lle answered " there's a mighty
chance OF lawyers lies 10 the PAPER. but some par
true dad sltlke the old lady, but she iii me po..
cdully first. She can swcat!equa to little OF an,
thing. and Der kicks are awful. | reckon what you
cay about the devil moving me Is toersblc correct
seeing as how she moved me. / have told YOU all
know 'abost the circumstance Mister. gin Squire
Jones there. hse dollar bill, and all1w he'll take
out for me"
Sqnife Jones thereupon rose, and said he had
law point 10 RAISE, IN ihis which he thought
elusive. IL was an established rule OF law that man
aud wife were but one and he should like TO know
how man could b. punished FOR whipping himself,
he should be glad 10 hear what the Solicitor General
had TO 10 say that. The Solicitor G encral answered
that he thought as brother Jones had carried the
maxim Ifille Too t'r; men had often teen punish
ed for beating then wives. la man to Kill his
wife Il would mol be suicide Ilete Squire Jones,n.
ierposed aud deGed the Solicitor General TO pro-
,dnee an authority 10 lhatelset The Solicitor Gem
era looked o,er Greens and Lumpk,ns Georgia
Justice Ton somc minutes and then observed that ir
csuM not find any authority Just then but he was sure
he had seen The princ pie somewhere. and he called
on the Judge to sustain hum. In the enthusiasm Of
,l.,.. a.. 10 H. Ill, az n' :" - =, ~ ~ Wy 81
premises.
: The judge beng likewise obvious Of this fact pro.
oeeded TO charge the Jury, lie told them men and
~, ,..,,,,.ai 80 - " - ,"' ""' ~" III
r,d out n fellow ejf,9e, th.n ma, ,d ,,it. , nne
u The husband did any of these things. then man and
wife were Two. lie femarkd tba, IN c,,har sven,
Tic man was boundto suffer. aud therefore come II
asthsy woulb U,y n,s un1o,,L,.aly i,, H.
.siil he ,vn,,la no, ,l.c;,Is ,t ,.aa,s, Ji.. -,
man MI his VII, !, sns ,,n,l., =, .,,,.id H..
NOT n,en.red II, exr.ss an ,,,,',,aa ,.a''.,
IL vas1 very delicate ON, and he had mo- ,e rn,,.
r,iui,,p himself Some one in III. room here ohss,
NOD t,I.n he wac n,lry G,,, rcn,,,,,,,,,i, ,L
H. .all an ,l h,l,
.r,rL,r wea,in, =, hid HIN, -, L,,. h, ,,,l -,
III neve, saw a nan south I,,,ui. ~ ,h, IA ~,
-,,rr , ,bi,. ~, III c,,., 4. sa.i ~ w., 'e
al, hin, Tho ,y,,o,o,o,. n,,rt, l., ,h t,h,, r
90 =; - '1.'' ;" ~, u''t ~ Io'
rs ~ VIM w. NJ, VIZ ''y 'e'u'es' anu III" "n"p
~ All nm, h's - ~ w." u''en''8e Tue PRISON,
s,br h,;io "Pon o''' l'ue o''a,i]
repIied Tia, o,l,-, ncnrc L".iaa So W. a"e J'os.
P".' ''"' o'"e' Peol"c oe'lae the jury came INTO
,rha NJ, ~ Je', .n." i,''ea' 5" u,u my l"ena'
~. 80 - 10 ie'u'neu anu ionnu matters IN
an, s.id So -. w., D'i '"" MS WIG na' maue
.',s., 1r Ia. - - ~ ".'.s VI o'o 'o"''
I 'Iss,i,e Of ,,a s"u ,',en MISS
~ 'e.sP'e VI ,ie i""ns anu DECKS oil The Officers
aud looked wolfih and the baihn was seated on HI.
white hat al the doot, of the jury roon aud his coun-
ienance expressed that he had swallowed the con-
cenualed venom of thousand wild cats. The
most awful curses oahes and sounds proceeded from
The Jury room.
Al last, consultation was held Al the door Of the
jury between the foreman aud The bailiG where
upon the latter puttinp his .hiie hat o,..sded NJ,
lis head came into the courl ropn and addressed
the judge thus: Nj Tom LLcs s,ys ,h. ;n,,
can't ag-ee ahont thus here man. and Il you le.n
him ,he, Tom Jakesl without cram anv po,e b,,il
lick you 'on sight" The Judge appealed Ia The
bar, IL this was not con,e,n1t of ron,t and Green
and Lumpkin's Georgia Jnslicen. having been CON
suited, il was finally decided that ns il VS. , ,l,,.,,
addressed 10 the udpe n, nr,v,,e iov,ln,l n ~,
was TO whip him on sinh +" and ma, on line hencb
twas nol under The free enlIebten,d and demo
craic princiuIe nj t;eo,oi, ,,o;ies, ~ , :
court. This being settled The iudnc d,rcc,cd The
bailiff 10 say TO Tom lakes The fo,s,,,n ,,s, ,,s
jury should agree if they STAYED ,,.,c ,hnnoh
nifty The balf' letired and so dad INV lrenJ hn,
he gives it as his opinion from the frame of mind in
which he left all parties tina, The Jurors mud h,,Iig
are still there.
Pie Committee on Defalrauons have arrival il
New York. The ,leatre of ,be, a,s ,,,;o.. u; ~
that City will be the Custom uouse If ,hs C'il.u
ing description OF that abode of imn,cnI,,.s h. o
rect. their labours will be ne,hr, I,oh, no, nle,
SAINT: '
Erontt.
III. NJ. -. -''" .o'" iie'a'@'
" l ofN Cnstom House is one of the rich
h,s,or, ~ " "snety 'hat ever was explored IN the
and have he en- ng ,l'a sc mofas OF tha' place are
Price only An ns,@en0"s OF s~a.wou aud