Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1857-08-27


Judges. DIR. Byles had tofely upon the ev-
idence of Jenny to prove the account
"Swcar Jenny Johnson" Jenny is
sworn estate all you know about this
case" 81 will do that in short order. /
fell from the load of hay and was kilt. 4"
"You didn't der ''How couldI be here
| if had died?'' $50 on" GAS | said
was kilt, and they carried me to John
Browns, and brought DIR. Byles to see me,
now thinks /, for years sickness. DIR.
Byles came up to me bed: says he, 'Jem-
my, you were most kilt, was You afraid to
meet your Savior Not a bit of it, says
| |, it was that other fellow was afraid of.
The Doctor then emptied upon the table
his medicine bags There, says he, is half
pound ofsalts in that paper, that is box
of pills, that is paper OF powders, that
vial is filed with drops. Now Jenny,
says he, mark well my prescription, and
AMI you may yet live-you will take pill
each day, powder every other day in the
morning, a drop every night, and spoon
full of salts at dinner once week, until you
have taken all | have left, whenl will fur
nish YOU again. / will visit you every day
till all the medicine is taken. The doctor
left, and made my calculation, and found
that it would take three whole years to fol-
low the prescription till had taken all the
medicine, and allowing him fifty cents a
visit, his attendance would come to So4I,-
so, to say nothing of my lost time and suf-
fering all the whle-so / called the ould
woman, and told her to bring me bowl
and some molasses, and to put all the salts
in another bowl; | poured the drops, pow
,lers and pills, into the molasses, and then
turned in the salts, mixed it all together,
and drank the whole of it without taking
my breath at all, at all. The next day
Dr. Byles came again. and says he, Jem-
my, have you takenthe pills. told him
exactly what / had done. Says he i won
der it had not killed you, Kilt me, says
IL was we'll and at work in two days af-
ter: and how could it kill me? it only work
ell one operation; could swallow your
whole apothccary shop DIR. if you would
bring it down here ''No other testimo-
nv. The case submitted by Hammond for
plaintiff and Halle for defendant. Man
waring, Associate-.Thcre is no evidence
that the medicine was worth anything
The proof is that it was of no account or
it would have killed the defendant. There
was no surgical operation performed
Two visits, however, are proved; they must
be Acknowledgements for Sl,0O."
'TRovER' FOR STEALING A LOG CHAIN.
In the Jennings Circait Court, the case
of the State against General George Wash
ington Wren was called--the Associate
Judges on the bench William A. Bnl-
lock for the State and Will am Carpenter,
of Madison, an Irish barrister, for the lie
PENDANT; Indictment for larceny, for steal
ing a log chain. Mr.. Carpenter-"May it
please the Court, / move to quash this in
dictment, on the. ground that the action
should have been trover." "Upon what
ground?" "Why l say the action should
have been trover." How SOP The
Indictment says zone log chain, then and
there being fund, the property of John
Brady'-the very language of trover.--
How could he be charged with stealing ii
he found ito" There were no law books
in Court giving forms of indictment for lar
ceny. The question was submitted to the
Court without argument. The associates
consulted together some time-read over
the words aloud again and again, "Thcn
and there being found" ''Mr. ProSecu-
tor, the Court thinks it should have been
an action for trover.'' Indictment quash-
Ell; Court adjourned: the prosecutor in a
rage; and the Irish barristcr bursting with
laughter.
HENS AND HOGS IN THE WAY. I
In the Fayette Circuit Court, State as
Amos Henson. Indictment for obstruct-
ing the highway with ''hens and hogs"
meaning. of course "trees and logs" but
was written as if it was hens and hogs, or
so that it might be so read. | was young
and misclievous, and moved the associate
banch'to quash the indictment on the ground
that there was no statute against "hens and
hogs" running at large. Motion opposed
by Martin NJ. Ray. now of this city. pros
ecuting attorney, on the ground that the
words were '.trces and logs" and not 'hens
and hogs Reply-"This must be de-
cided by inspection, like record on plea
Of 'nM tel record as there is no reported
case that touches the question" Judge
think it is hens and hogs
the Indictment is quashed. and hereafter let
the prosecutor write lcgible hand, and
cross his t. and dot his is and not be
the Court with such questions.
A "DIvIxELY COMMISSIONED" THIEF CATCH
Err.
One night in the Spring of 1923, John
had his horse stolen from his sta
BILE in Connersville The woods for miles
around were secured by the citizens, aud
the horse was found il, thickct fastend to
a tree. a watch was set, and William
Boice was taken in the act of feeding the
animal. Boicc was tried, convicted, and
sentenced to two years hard labor in the
at the next term of the Fay
etc Circuit Court. was attorney for the
State at the time Boice was taken to the
States prison by the Sheriff. The word
soon came from the keeper OF the peniten
tiary that Boice had broken jail and escaped.
and offering reward of one hundred dol
lars for his capture and return to the prison
The above common occurrence is merely /
to what follows. 1t so hap