The Hillsborough recorder., 1845-05-08

.ko = prsssnI sidiag and absuing tAs
f.rt a h Seae. asd n lie pfoal Z . enly
necessary 20 shaw lhsi he wss reaFsnonsh
% LEAD be asssianre - any nsanss =
,hs eamnission af ths e6snrs. See 7
Sss,kis en ETsdencs. 9. Hals's Pleas q
he Crown. SIS. Nov. may q please
yous honour. as have showa lhe prson-
sTs not oply % have been Trsssni a. The
nms. bal. by ihrir o1n sdmissiUn . hare
besn sruvsly assisting he principal, Per-
kins, IN the commission q The larceny.
We, therefore. most confidently ash Of
shm honourabls cosTi, the eonniineniof
he prisonsrs."
Squire Rogers mustered up his slag-
eish inlelIeel and took profound sssw
az the case. II did lock like rather
uaolessls business 70 commit boih par
ues. Bot The evidence wss conclusive.
and sIler The "a. had been 80 ably ex-
pounded. he feli lhn Il ~osld Be sinniag
sssinsI light and knosledge 70 sire any
alher ind dgmeuI in the easethsn lhaiso con-
IidenIly ssksd of " bis honour" BY The
yosns prodigy of lsgal knosledgs ~ho
lad conducted The prosecution. Accord
ipely. lie prisoners were duly commit
Ted.
By hi. decision sesr. .hero.wOn new
.Isulels. The Harley party we're not lees
exmayaganl IN their spplsuse Than The
TrkIee,zzard patty had been and nos
all parues joined in exlolling b. talents.
and prononneine hin unQuesionsbly The
sb,esl lasyer in the stale. True, ihs
sudden change Of relationship which had
taken place. had llle effect 10 some~ bal
ahaie lie srdourIof Nj Psrkias's friend
shlp-bul ifhr loved Squire JeRkinsless,
he lealed him more. which. with him. ws'
an impulse quite 20 strong. and subjected
him more readily 70 The controlling inilu-
enee of onr hero.
wnh some liule difficulty ihe Tickle,
glzzard party we're enabled 10 obtain bail
alter shlcb, they pushed the war upon
The bro~nJus 10 ,hs dssih, sadslen star
ted Tor home, in . glorious fOw Of spi
rite. -s@4
Thus msiiers resItd st the time for th'
sitting oi The Superior Court. when boil
parties began 10 isel lille uneasy, an'
both applied 10 Squire jenkins 10 defsn'
then. But our hero msgnsnimously de
clined being on either side, and not onl,
re-esisbllshed hImself iB The good opinion
nf both parties. bot 81 the same time sue
cessfully co.ered his own intrigue by set
ting on foot negoIialInn for . concilis
lion which resulted 10 = mutual agree
msni mol TO proseculr--boih parties con
cedIng that ,here certainly must have beeI
some mistake in the matter.
From the day Of the trials. the nam,
OF Thomas Jefferson jenkins, Esq.
spread fsr and wide throughout the eoun
try, "a. terror 10 all evil duers," and
tower Of strength in almoste,ery Law case
Business cane in FROM sllssides, and "a
fees rss atded his nnms rams -irinmnhs
His politics were in the minority N 10
county, but BY his influence his par,
soon gained ihe sscendsncy, and. rlsIn
with il. his separations after political pre-
motion were speedily graufed by sue
cessful eompe,it,on with Mr.. Nippers 10
seat in ihe Legislature Of the SIsie.
| His talents.-(dId we hear The re'
der yawh!l
Then tell thou" say we-bui hsti
thou not crossed Us, thou shouljst haV
hestd how be grew in the favour Of lh
lsdies-how the young ones admired an
the old ones praised him-how he le
in love with a poor orphan girl, who ha
been swindled by her guardian out oi
large est4,e--how he sued for aud recC
vered The fortune aud married the youn
lsdy-~hat taIk il made in PlnevIlle-
and how (sf,er she had got her property
every bsdy thought she was handsome
and how the respectable people slws
knew that size had been brought up |;
dy,-snd how happily Squire Jenkm
and her lived togemeT--snd how man
and what beautiful children they had
/" with many other thing worthy Of IN
!. mory. which now shall dIe in Oblivion
and thou return inexperienced 10 h
grave"