The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1855-01-17

some Of these other limbs Of the law,
that see around me, but having
been cheated by two of 'cm, con
ciudcd to 60 it 'on my own hook,
and here | am! want to tell you gen
tlcmcn, before | go farther, that it is
not my fault hat this case is here talk
ing up the time Of ,li, homo able co.,rt.
] think YOU will give me credit for
telling the ruth, when ] say that it
ought to have been tried before a JUS
'icc Of the Peace. it being better adapt.
cd to the capacities OF such u court.
than OF this one. Afjcr tbs difficulty
Doddcr did get Il warrant for me from
Squire Cudlcback, over in Dccrrark
llc then charged that had insul,c,l
him, but five or six months has fresh
cncd his recollection, and he now saws
that assaulted and battered him. |
believe there is some difference be-
tween the two charges
Dodder says he sworc to the com
plant before Squire CudLcback. /
leave it for YOU TO say whether he tells
the truth now i'll saying that batter.
cd him. was taken by Il constable
before the Squire, and either because
the Justice was ashamed of what he
had already done, or hadn't time to
attend to it. | don't know which, it
went down. Two r. thrrr week .c
ter that was arrested again, and my
wife having been coi fined, thought
it best, Is Il du,ilu hu band, to be
around hum SO cot r;I 81. !, hv ,r;v.
inu security for inv auncarnui.. +,
Court.
You know gentlemen that am IN
the employ of the honr,un N,II.v
Forrcstb,rr and por, jrrvis pI,nl;
Ruad Company. rs a cate kccpcr
his company it seems had su,li,.i,n.
confidence i'm nv il,curi,v AMI han.
csty as t. place me in that iu,n,,,,ut
station, and even if should receive,
$4,000 and steal 500 nt il ,h,,,s
between I've and the company and ;,s
none Of DOdlcr's business Now
| when the COMPANY sent me mn oInur
this road to cnlIrc, tolls his D,ilnr
was one Of the Inhabitants found
there in the woods. and will s,v f,r
him thai he IS, q vcry fair specimen Of
the rest Of the puu,ia,ion. But ,hrr,
'sn', any Il them that seem to anpre
ciatc all The benefits of this TI,u,,
Road.
1t let to civilization class of
people who never before realized tie
idea tha, there was such a thing a>
civilized HE aud this Du,lLcr IS one
OF them. 1t is !, fact ,ha, soon after
| | moved there, a vuung woman. II
| years old, cum down out of the ulnun
lains on the P!ank Road, one day
and said She had never been out he
fore. She fairly seemed surprised to
sec Il white man, and after asking II
few questions Went back into the
woods. This Doidcr MAS MY neigh.
Dor, and a good deal nearer than /
wanted him, aud hadn't been there
long, before ! heard he had been Iy.
in abo t me /" one of the Directors.
and soon found cut that he wanted
to get his son VIII" was sworn here
against me, in my place. But liz.
hadn't done it vet, and if You don,
convict me, reckon he won't Very
soon.
1t won't take long to dispose Of
Dodder No. :. lie tcatiiics that he
saw me throw three stones at his
father, and saw the ''"ld man dodge y
On lIs cross examination he says
mat he WAS in his own house in the
woods, ana had t" look over hill
twenty fect high, and also over three
slab frnces and two stone walls. :
Wen, IT he tells the truth, all wish
Is 'nat had young D"ddrr's eyes
lie Is certainly remarkable boy and
cant consistently deny his "iasher." "
am wiling 10 admit that ! done
wrong to throw stones at D"ddcr,
and ap"l"Sise to "ll the world and
this court particularly for it. The Doc,
tors tell us that there are two causes
for all diseases, pre- disposition and excl
liability; think it was the latter cause
that moved me to stone Doddcr. |
| therefore confess m}Sr!f uIiIlv of In,