The Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1850-1852, 1852-03-25
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FEIrsb 'Sritir. Tive got a sa,her
eoo'l story 10 tell you, about jury Til
al, which happened no, an hOalttd
miles from Baltimore City Court lious"
where some real sport W.. had, III
i.n. say wi,o "a, on ihe I1.ry, and wio
"a'n1i. but I will say iha. the fael,
are substantially ,tur.
! The Cour, Wa trying 'hoss' ca~.
a gentleman borrowed horse from u
f,'cnd, and rode the animal about ten
miles, when the 'cril,cr' died. The
owner wanted seventy dollars for The
horse, bu, his frsnd though, il rather
high 10 pay seven dollars per mile TO
ride 'hoss-back' in January. A dispute
arose and the case went 10 court. The
evidence was 10 the eaec; that there
was no way To get out Of paying ior the
sSshssss xss. 10 ,s.e Jsry--sae
Judge remarking iha, il ~as for them
to state the amount Of money due to
the plaintiff They wen, out, aud for
friy.eiglh mortal hours argued rs to
what the horse wn. worth. Eleven Of
them, however. bad come 10 the conclu.
sion that the d,Inagc oueli, 10 he about
twenty-five dollars rs one Of the wit.
nesscs had remarked iha, Ihe critivr
w's not bigger than Il mhelp. and he
thought, 'hc could have ,icd hlm UP IN
hankcrcher,'
! The twelfth Juror. (wAo, by the wa, q,
WAS new hand ct juIe,, and rslig.
lou, man, loudly ront,ndcd, however.
that the owner Of The horse ought to
have seventy d'liar-, which WAS villa,
he demanded. THIS 80 cnraged the bal.
ance Of the Jurors. lha, they swore the,
would he revenged n. soon ~ they got
discharged. IN fact, they ihrcu,enl 10
knock Juror No. ! ,, on the head, if he
dia'n, make up his ,nud ,ha, The woody
hoSs was worth only twenty-five doll.
ar. Sill the old .kintiint hung ou, tor
the SO.
Al length .he rest Of the Jury found
il was no use TO try 10 chongc the mind
{ OF the old man. There he sa, listening
, 10 their on,h> and arguments Til,
was ton bad nni ruAc WAS resolved
upon. q, the only chance of escape from
their hungry confinement. One Of
them. n kind Of rough and.tumble fellow
waxing warm, walked up to No ~ and
remarked -
IN hc ID If thisll do. Thi,
place is a ,or, Of heaven TO you, you
old sinner, While t. Us it j. pcitec,
, he'll"
r oh, never mind swearing. friend re
piled No Il, lets argue lets argue
: the
3 Lets argnc---and ---, you old
cuss. You have got the whole of US
nearly starved, and yet you want to ar.
6 que.
No swearing in the jury room if you
please. Why no, dcijrrar,f
'Dciibcra'c. we'll, that. good deci
dedly 80. vii! you ever give inr Sa,
b, yes or no, for your life III danger
t no" responded No. T.
We'll, then III pi'cl, you ont Of The
4: window. you contrary stubborn in'cr'n
old fool"
Saying which, he actually took hold
!, No, II, and moved him towarl, the
!, window. when the latter. hcconiu.
dreadful, frightened, cri,d out
: 'Bailin, Bailifr
{ The officer, hearing the upr"ar. ru,h",
y immcdianly to the door am, opened It.
= But all was quiet in an instant No !:
t MAS 50 scared that he could no, utter
IS word In uIswer to the inquiry a. tt
t ror stepped up 10 the bniliH, with whom
I.s was well acquainted, AID said, viii
=, a knowing wink -
i Look here George, We cant agree
y and | want you 20 do me favor
want You 10 90 up to my Old woman
u tell her &c send down beds aud bed
y ding for eleven; also charcoal furn ac,
Y aud butcher.knifr, IeI her Imay
|, no. be home IN Mree monihs,
II Very well said Geors", tho iling
r shan be here in one hour
VI OF went the ba.if chick went th.
( lock, aud up spoke No. Il:
!. IN God name what do you mean
. Ill tell you wha, | mean. We hav'
" made up our minds not 10 stay here an
other night wi,hou, something in th
= flesh line 10 eat Sooner lhan s,arv
], TO death We have resolved 10 do nha
2, other iuries have sometimes done--w
to will cat one Of our companions q
" course the mranest man first
f but is'H, the horse worth 500
d And when he's gone We will tan
6. the 'icAt meanesi-----'
The horse is worth sj0---'
RI And 30 on. until
- Is the horse worth $40, Of 50, o
u 2J'
F" Yes we'd agreed yesterday, CT ,h
C day before, that he's worth e2j; sn'
II sooner than say on my oslh that
J. horse which c. uld b. tied up IN hand
n k-rrhiri. sas worth more than $sI
n III rpn eonmtoi. and em mp ~srrl
: d-----a .Iurymas IA NE room aa4'
). then ea' up myseU'
No. ~ becsmc se,ious, nnI gave u
IL was ii... fret lime he ever " - Oh
Jury, aud will be ia; last. liz. ;.Se
leaving Cour, walked 'sry i,.l for
. few squares, mutlstins 10 isoSslt /
congraiulaiinn 10 isaSrn a.; lii .,.s.ls'
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