Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1850-1854, 1854-11-16

but did not hit your
+ Dodderwas completely staggered agar
The changed all manner of -eolors- anc
moved about very nneasily in his chair.
i Come, Mr. Dodder, answers exclaim
led the defendant.
4 can't remember
Yes YOU do-come. think--did yol
then swear had hit you at all SirP
j might not
How comes it that YOU remembers
Inow-three months after-and could moi
thelF
This was to much for poor Dodder
He looked arpealingly around for relief
i Nothing met his gaze but room conyul
Sed with laughter His legs seemed t.
be under magnetic influence, and in great
desire to try their powers of loeomotion
At last the defendant told him to 70
That will do, Mr.. Dodder-I guess we
ale through with you for the present.
And off he shot as if death was bchmd
him; while the whole bar fairly screamed
as he made awful strides down the aisle
and the Court buried their faces in then
handkerchief and shook conyulsiyely.
Dolder No. was then called-son Of
the old Dodder-who testified as follows
i was in the house-heard noise
saw father driving COWS saw defendant
cone out of his house and throw stones
ran out and hill was between me and
them, and when | got up all was over
Saw defendant throw three stones-did
not see any strike
Cross examined by defendant.
You were in the house, you sayP
Yes
is there not a Hill twenty feet high
between your house and where wasp
about that
How many stone walls. about
! four?'
About that
How many plank fences or slab fences
two?
Only one, think
Nv ell, Sir. how could yCu see through
! four stone walls, one slab-iencc and a hill
twenty feet high? That wilItlo, Sir; you
can go.'
And without waiting for reply, oil
went Dodder No. 3
District Attorney, on the part Of the
+ pSDillC mere ICNtct4.
/ The defendant then, with al The gray
. ity becoming such an important occasion
UNFINISHED his legs from the rounds Of
/ the chair, and with more than usual dig
nifty walked out in front Of the jury, and
offered his defence as follows:
If you please, your Honor, and Gen
tlemcn Of the jury am a green hand
at this 'cre Dizziness. am ashamed that
snch little, small consairn should ever
1t was not my wish, am sure. | was
taken up once before, and then lie only
swore to an assault; but three months
thinking has put the battery to it. /
acknowledge the assault, but | ain JUST
fed, for ne was assaulting my COW. He
has tried to pick quarrel with me ever
since | went to the gate. lie stones my
COWS, my chickens, and | can't stand it.
| threw the stones; | admit it-tirSt, If
teen feet to the right then over his head
and when | saw the COW fall as he knock
ed her down, then did shave him, but
didn't hit him, and tliat AMT all, i'li prove
it and | ask you farmers, if you would
not do the same thing? ! can prove he
knocked her down by my brother
Defendants brother was then called
and stated that it was Sunday when the
occurrence happened; saw complainant,
Doddcr, running after and striking at de
fendant's COWS; saw him strike and one
fall; can't say he struck her; defendant
ran out and hallowed to hIm did not
mind defendant threw stones none hit
him; | went out and VIXEN | came up to
Dodder he said defendant had thrown
stones at him, but he had managed by
jumping and lodging not to Lave any hit
him.
The testimony here closed.
The defendant then proceeded to sum
up the cause. His honor dropped his
pen. the jury leaned forward, the mem
hers Of the bar were winking and nod
ding across to one another and a univer
sol tittcring porvaded the room. lie
C )mmenccd, aud his sharp, shrill voice
drowned all else:
"Gcntlemcn of the jury: This is the
first time was ever in such a pickle
never did before appear before jury
of my country. This Mr. DodIer has
brought me here. and have to appeal to
YOU not knowing whether YOU are W DOLLY
Heads. Silver Grcvs Hard Shells or Soft
Shells. Yet think this Doddcr will
find out before | am through that | am
a harder she'll than lie imagined.
You know, gentlemen, that am in the
employ Of the Monsaup Valley, Forrest
burgh and Port Jarvis Plankoad Com
pany, as a gatc-hceper. This company
it seems had sufficient confidence inamy
integrity and honesty to place nc in that
important station, and even if ! should
receive $4,000 and steal s 500 of it,
that's between me and the company, and
its none Of DodGcr's business. Now
when the Company sent me up along
this road to collect tolls N;s D0Jfer was
one of the inhabitants found there in the
lro1ds, and | will say for him that he is
a very fair specimen Of the rest Of the
population. But there isn'tany Of them.
/ phat seem to appreciate all the benefits
/ of this plankroad.
! 1t let out to civilization a class of peo-
. pie who never before had the idea there
was such 4 thing as civilized life, ana
his Dodttcr is one If item. 1t is q fact
/ that soon after ! moved up there, a
Young woman, sixteen years old, cum
down out of the mountains on the plank
road, one day, and she had never beer
out before She fairly seemed surprised
to see a qrhHe 1ca11 and after asking 8
few question went back into the woods
This Dodder was my nearest neighbor
and 4 good deal nearer than wanted
him. and hadn't been there long before
heard that he had been lying about me
to one Of the directors, and soon found
out that he wanted to get his son. whC
was sworn here against me, in my place
Rnt lie hasn't Annr II ,nf end If Won lnn,I