Litchfield enquirer. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1829-current, 1848-07-06

not clear 90 his apprehension, and that
Jury must decide the matteT-and he thank
ed God that under the new constitution the
jury were judges of the law and the fact,
aud did'nt care a d-n for all the benches
ia the Supreme Court-then he walked
away with the driver, and told me that l
must consider myself a prisoner until the
case was adiudicated. asked him for
my carpet bag. He said that the new law
did not allow prisoner to have carpet
bag or trunk, until the chief of police had
examined it's contents, and he asked me for
the key to send with the bag to the chiefs
office, which I gave to him. waited more
than an hour before jury was empannel-
ed-when the trial began, the magistrate
asked me if had counsel? replied no !;
upon which he said that The court would
assign me counsel, and red faced man
who stood in the doorway was told to take
charge of my case The hackman was ex-
amined, and told his story very briefly
Then was put upon the stand and ques-
toned for two hours. l was obliged to
state where came from, how old was,
what was the state of my wife's health,
how many children had, il my congrega>
tion vas large what salary | had. and
whether it was paid monthly or quarterly ;
whether there had been a revival in the
neighborhood during the year-what my
opinion of ship fever was-whether there
had been any cases of the small pox in my
town. and if all the children had been vac
cinated-what works on natural history l
had read, and whether I had seen the ele>
phant? To each of. these questions nay
counsel loudly protested, and offered to show
from the new constitution that | could not
BE- compelled 10 answer them. But told
him would much rather answer them at
once, than 10 lose time in the discussion.
Finally the case was given 10 the jury, af>
ter very long charge from the judge, in
which he said that whatever might be
their verdict they must remember that
was clergyman who had heretofore borne
an excellent charac' er, aud that l was en>
titled to the benefit of doubt. if there was
such thing in the case, which he felt obi,
ced to say he doubted. However, he re-
ftrred them to the new constitution, and
the whole duty of man. an excellent work
as l knew, and then sent them out for cons
sultation. II was afternoon when The jury
came in with a verdict for the plaintiff.
Inc Judge CipheTe" oH 'he "'"'e III e"
minutes, and then told me to pay three dol
lars TO the coachman, eleven dollars costs
of court, and three dollars counsel fee. My
counsel said that could appeal, If would
lodge one hundred dollars with the Court as
security that would carry the case up
But preferred 10 pay the seventeen dollars
especially as / hadn't the hundred dollars
10 lodge as security. was then allowed
TO depart, the court giving me an order on
the chief of police for my carpet bag
This was the story OF the country clergy
man, related with childlike simplicity at
the chiefs Office, where he presented The orr
der for his bag, and was informed that he
had been grossly imposed upon. The
knaves INTO whose haads he fell had anu
sed themselves, for nearly an entire day,
with their victim before they plucked him
". Y. Dispatch