Staunton spectator, and general advertiser. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 183?-1849, 1839-07-04

WtneSs. - Your honor.
Judge.-Te!l the plain fact of this assault,
tel the jury what GU know about i,--tc
member you are hete 10 ,l,eaI1 tho whole
ruth anil nothing but the truiih-raise your
v"'ce-iurn your face 10 the jury VIVA, do
you Know al this ni.ir?
The poor wretch commences eyain-tL.
nrs', second, third. and fourth lawyer con,
in"ins 10 skirmish around him all The while
IKE a parcel OF wild Arabs fighting Tor tho
clothes OF some unhappy prisoner So Tar
from getting chance 10 say the truth. The
poor man cao't get n chance 80 say any
| hing. Al length, Lev ildered OUT of his
recollection : frightened, insulied and n,ii.r
nahi-ho"crer really DESTROYS of telling the
ruin, ne s'umbies upon some inconsistency:
some 'r'ning, or no, trifling ratadox-ac-
.""'e" 'o' az once, and 10 every ones entire
satisfaction. by the idea ha he has Zorro,
ven. Bu' then Comes The cross examination
hen the scientific artillery ol ccoI. able
''wFer, sharPened by thirty years of similar
pae'ices, Ii bioueh hi 10 bear upon one iremb
ing anu nervous stranger; perhaps iunp.
rant, perhaps boy. Then comes The laugh
OF the judge and jury, the murmur Of aston.
,shhent from the cruwd, that a person could
ne found degI AIDED aud base enough Ia say
INC defendant wore lille trimmed hat .
when lac acknow lodged subst uueu,)y off his
run. Then the poor fellow, sore all over.
ana mol quite sure that he " i'll not himself
ne sea! TO The Stale prism, al ten years hard
razor, ior PERJURY, befute the " eek has rolled
away, although he is the only person in
court, who does, not, Ia u greater or less de>
gree, fneiit thai punishment, is dismissed 10
a "e"cb, 4 lew yards Off where he is Obliged
'" remain 10 hear the lawyers, in their adj
dresses TO the jury, tear his character Ia mic.
I'm n H..
gesficua,ipus
w hat, genllemen Of the iurys" saws The
nrst lawyer, summing up in a tone of The
ueepest contempt. What tloea The next vii,
ness, tins Mr.. Boggs, say !-Gentemen he
comes forward under the most peculiar cir,
cnms'ances. A dark mystery sbroud, bis
motives, which shall noI endeavor 10 alto
,gether dissolve. But he comes forward and
ne taxes his place upon that witnesses stand.
WIN the open, the avowed, the undisguised.
,ne unaffected, The determined resuiut,on 10
iN upon my client, the injured MIR. Swi.es.
,nis iout ana unnatural assault and battery
gu saw him, gentlemen, " hen cross.eX
ahmed hun, tremble uuder my eye-you
!; s.W MN hesilaie and turn pale at my voice.
ne nTst lawyer, very probably has a
VOICE .tat would iniimidaie bear "Ynn
heafd hin sfdmmer and take back i,is words
ahG say he did mot fe,o!ect' Is this gen.
,ieinen OF lie jury, All hone,t witness! ii he
language OF truth is plain and simpe-it re
CURES no pFe'iou calculation. ri ask YOU
{" you saw the sun set 10 Cay, YOU answer
yes or no-vou do moi hesitate, YOU do no,
Temhie You do not say, .,es did and
III Tue very next breath, mo did moi -
gu do not at first tell me, Il walked ten
miles yesterday, and afterwards say. tves-
terday was ali day III in bed (Here one
OF The Jurors puts his nose by that of anuth.
er. and otters something III approhation of
.his ar sunebt, aud The oher one mods hi,
heau ana looks at the speaker, Is much as 10
say mere Is no use IN trying TO elude the
sagaci'y OF this keen>sighied lawyer '')-
Nn", ge niiemen, what does This witness
say! lie commenced by telling YOU gentle.
men, that he lived in MAIDEN lane, that he
was going home on the day when this eidic.
nious anu unnatural assault is said tu have
'a6eh place, That he Saw crowd, that he ap-
proac he'd, hat he saw Mr.. Sm ipes, nv ellen,
me Defendant 10 this action, come up to the
.i''h'iif' Mr.; Wilkins, and give him, vii.
hihs, The SAID plaintiff, blow with bIud-
seon. But, gentlemen, when ! come 20
sift THIS plausible story, you heard him e.
quivocste and contradict himself. sNha,
sort OF hat had Mr. Swires on?' "a black
one vi what breadth was The rim? "a
oout an inch lie thought, doubtless. that
ne was TO have every thing his own way
w brought upon the siabd la confront him
| 'he halter, who made aud sold The hat. and
who proves 10 you that The rim was broad
on cannot morally doubt that the hat worn
90 'ha' day, by Swipes, was broad trimmed
nat all the witnesses for the defendant
swear II, and even Mt Bogss himself. when
closely questioned, ack oom lodged tha, i,
maght have been broad trimmed hat
Ns%', gentlemen, The pautaloons. s,Vba,
coiof were hir Swipes' pantaioons?' Black
Saiu ms Mr.. Boges. Gentlemen, ] have
P'oouced these panta!oons in court. They
nave been identified beyond the pnssibiIuy
oi d1ubi. What was The result, You saw
yourselves, gentlemen. The panlaloons
were pepper and saH''
y cry OF admiration throughout The court
room. The officer cries order. The moor
witness unfortunately occupies conspicuous
seal and all eyes are fixed upon bin, with
me most viriuous indgna ion. He is cnlcu-
,ai"g al what sacrifice he can wind UP bis
business, and go and settle in Keniucky.-
ne Lawyer wakes Triumphant, and after
whher'bg look al Boggs, gees on.
furihermore, gentlemen, asked this
witness 10 describe The b!udgeon. lie could
not. Had il ivory or gold on the handle ;"
re could not tell. Was there lerule upoD
the end? He did not know. Was il heavy;
es- Had he ever handled IL. No. How
could he Tell the weight of thing which he
nad never banded? (Another buz ui ad>
miraiion } Was he personally scouainted
with Mr.. Swipes. No. Had he ever seer
him before? No. Since, No. Gould he
,eii whether lie had an aquIIne nose or not
40. was he not friend Of MIR. wilkins?
Yes Had he hot expressed an opinion up.
on tbs case? Yes he b,d sa;d ,ba sc,,,,,,