Litchfield enquirer., 1848-03-02
EXTRAORDINARY CASE.

EXTRAORDINARY CASE.
 aAn!he year l799 young lad, Is or lo years of age, residing in the western bart Ot the State, was arie eStcd with two others on the charge OI stealing a grinds,one from man iU the town, a nd carried be- tofe justice of the peace, who fined each of them one dollar. The young nan referred tO, declared his innocence Ici the crime. and appealed to the Court of Common Pleas; but before the sitting of Ethe Court. was induced by his friends 70 Iseltle the matter, rather than be arraIen> led as :hi i, the juslIce giving him lo un- derstand that Ito record would be made aoi the case and that il would probably never be thought of. 1t was subsequent by well ascertained that lhe lad was in S fact entirely innocent, another boy hay. sing acknowledged that he himself com- nItted the offence. The young man grew aup and has ever since resided in the same town, sustaining a mostexemplary char aacter. He has held several offices of trust land responsibility, has served many years as juror, and has been worthy member ol a Congreg alional Church for thirty or forty years.
 A few weeks since, having brought an aaction of debt against one of his neigh- bors, it became necessary for him to smake an oath to his account, but being about tC take the oath, to the utter aston- ishment of the gentlemen pr, sent, the re. scord ot :he conviction betoie the justice sot the peace alluded to above, was pro- sduced and lead by the opposing party, into whose hands it had by some means l scome after the death of inc justice. Here was an .ld>gentlemen, sixty six years of sage, who had from his boyhood deserv- sedly enjoyed the reputation of an honest land virtuous citizen, held up to the corn smuniiy as d convicted felon, and deprived Dot the rights of citizenship, for an offence which, if he wer'' really guilty, was scom'nitIed nearly half d century ago!- We can hardly conceive of the degree of ameanness and maiignity which could apronpt sucha proceed, ,ug. In this state 3of the matter application was re- sceatly made to the Executive, for a rrs> sloralion of his civil rights io he worthy ibid. man-as he did not wish to descend Ito the grave with this stigma resting on 3him-and uprn the testimony of his ex- IcelIent character tor more than forty
 year during lAe whole of. which one of
 he witnesses had known him, his rights were promptly restored to him.-Satem
 (Mass.) Rg'stcr.
 .AntcdOie of Lord Ehi0n and Sir George
 Rose Many we,e the squibs m prose and
 verse of which the Fabius of ChanceIlors was
 he subject. To one by. Sir George Rose I happy reort was made by Lold E.ldun:
 My most valued and witty friend, Sir George Rose, when al the bar, having the note book of the regular reporter of Lord Eldon's
 decisions put into his hand with request
 hat he wocld take note for him ci any de- :Islon which should be given, entered in it the ollowing lines as Iull record of all that was material which had occurred during the cay" Mr Leach
 Made speech
 Angry, neat, but wrong Mir Hart
 On the other part,
 Was heavy, dull and long; MI Parker
 Made the case darker, Which was dark enough without; Mi Cooke
 Cited his book, And the Chancellor said-' doubt! J This jeu desprit, flying about Westminis- her Hall. reached the Chancellor who was ve- P y much amused with il, notwithstanding the allusion to his doubting propensity. Soon af- s ter MT Rose having to argue before him ve. ry untenable proposition, he gave his opinion very gravely and with infinite grace and felici- ty thus concluded: For these reasons the judgement mustibe against your clients. and here MT Rose, the Chancellor does not dOu6tn
 From the National Intelligencer,
 A TOUCHING MEMORIAL.