Mississippi Democrat. (Carrollton, Miss.) 1844-18??, 1846-11-11

while, like parcel of wild Arabs fighting '
for the clothes of some unhappy prisoner. d
So far from getting a chance TO say the o
truth, the poor man can't get a chance TO
say ANYTHING. At length, bewildered out h
of his Observation-Disclosures, insulted
ana ndignant-however really deslrous OF
telling the truth, he stumbles upon some in
consistency-some trifiing or not trlfing
paradox-accounted for at once and to ev-
cry ones entire satisfaction, by the idea
that he has forgotten. But then comes the
cross examination. Then the scientific ar
tillery of a cool, able lawyer sharpened by
thirty years of similar practice, is brought
to bear upon one trembling and already
nervous stranger, perhaps ignorant, per-
haps boy. Then comes the laugh OF
the Judge and jury, the murmur of aston
ishment from the crowd that person could
be found degraded and base enough to say,
that the " defendant wore a. little trimmed
hat" when he acknowledged subsequently
off his guard, that the hat had" toterabte
large RIM Then the poor fellow, sore all
over, and not quite sure that he VIII moi
himself be sent to the States prison, at
ten years. hard labor, for perjury, before
the week has rolled away, although he is
the only person in the court who does not
in a greater or less degree, merit that Pn-
nishment, is dismissed to bench a lie"
wards of. where he is obliged 10 remain
to hear the lawyers, in their address to the
iury. tear his character to pieces with une
turns of rhetoric. and yet inner gestlcu-
latlonS.
"What, gentlemen of the jury" says the
first LAWYER. summing up in tone OF the
deepest contempt, what does the next wit
ness. Mr.. Boggs say? Gentlemen, he
comes forward under the most peculiar cir
cumstances. A dark mystery shrouds his
motives. which shall not endeavor to al
together dissolve. But he comes forward,
. and he takes his place upon that witness
! stand. with the open, the avowed, the UNI
:, discussed, the unaffected, the determined
!, resolution to fix upon my client, the injured
9 Mr.. Swipes, this foul and unnatural assault
and battery. You saw him, gentlemen
>. when cross examined him, tremble unde
l. nv eye-you saw him hesitate and turf
:, nola ut NV voice ('Tho fret Law yer ro'-
/. probably. has a voice that would lntImIdat
= q bpnrl "You heard him stammer an
70 take back his words, and say he did ; no
- recoIIect.' Is this, gentlemen OF the jury
- an honest witness? The language OF trut
10 ;s nlain and simple-it requires opreVlou
- calculation. II ask you If you saw IN
or sun rise to day, you answer yes, or no
in YOU do not hesitate, you do not treinoie'-
- You do not say yes, | did, and IN .he "
or ~ next breath, say no did not 10
ds do not first tell me, walked ten MILL
ofI Yesterday and afterwards say yesterda
At. / was ali day i'll in. bed.' (1ere, one
an the Jurors puts his nose by that OF anothe
and utters something in appreciation
o,. this argument, and the other one mods I
" head and looks at the speaker, as much
to cav. there is no use in trying to elu
tho the sagacity of this keen sighted la"y'
The witness had much better nave "
J. the truth.o -: :,
20 nose SAT- He commenced by telling ye
go gentlemen. that he lived in Maldenla
lem that he was going home on the DAY WI
this ridiculous aud unnatural assauit Is
now to have taken place, that he saw cfo'
that he approached, that he saw o"'P
E his nv client, the defendant IN this ac'l
come I'D to the plaintiff, Mr.. Wilkins {
wit. Give him. Wilkins, the said platinum
done blow with bludgeon' But, gentlem
when | came to sift this plausible ste
YOU heard him equivocate and contra'
Jerv himself. sWhat sort of hat had Swl
onq' "A black one.' 'Of what brea
was the rimP About an inch
keen thought, doubtless, that he was to D
every thing his own way, till brough
NTH 70 the stand, to confront him, the ha
- ,vbo made and sold the hat, and
anu nroves 10 YOU that the rim was broat
Won cannot morally doubt that the
.iden- worn on tna' Jay ~ $3.50 ~ ...;,.oos G.,
defendant swear it, and even MIR. b
,re 70 himself. when closely questioned, ackn
. edged that it might have been oI
hr;mmed hat. Next, gentlemen, the
falcons. sWhat color were Mr.. SwI
n.n,aloonsf Black said This Mr.. b
.onor Gantlemeu. | have produced these
,nart;. nantaloons in court. Ihey nave
'pe'" identified beyond the possibility OF d
WIZ, was the resultq You saw yourst
gentlemen. The pantaloons were p
again, and salt. .,,,t
= A cry of admiration Throughout
ne that court room. nc I'm oocun;es :
} to let poor witness un''i'' = 80 orc fixed
him 10 spicuous seat, and all eyes are , iiAeu
him with the most vrtnoos 'huts"o
He is calculating at what sacrlilce
his as wind up his business and go and Sc
v about Kentucky Tue ,ol, -
ak the plant, and after "l''iei'nS 'oo'N -
ur face goes on.
of this Furthermore, genteuien'