Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1858-12-02
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9a THE CULpRiT JUDGE:ss
A Tale of the Bench and Bar. i


THE CULpRlT JUDGE:se
A. Tale of the Bench and Bar. 1
In one Of the Western States
was once a prosecuting sttorney.-
The settlers axe was then famiiia
music, and the prairies awaynfron
the woodland had not yet heard the
scream of the steam whistle. Al
branches Of society, Of trade, busi
ness, and professions. we're in
transition state. Of course th,
judges were not all Of vast learning
or rare character; and least / appear
vain, ! may add, that the lawyers
we're by no means Chief Justice
Taneys. -, 3efs,l. - S
! The Judge who Travelled circuit
with US in the counties round about
the city Of, had been in early
life horse jockey, and had picked
up a large amount Of tact, knowledge
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Of men, and human nature, and ol
social motives, that was Of much
use to him in bis legal walk. lAt
the West he had been a member Of
the first constitutional Convention
in-our State, and, beingsa good talk
er, aud quick natural intellect, had
shoDe in the debates. OF course
iit was natural that, as he made the
law, be should claim to be able to
AeXpepnd it. And at the first election
after the State was admitted, he was
chosen Judge. y So ia a'ss6i}
i never liked him. With all his
afability aud apparent Difference
Of manner, there was in bis compo.
sition an under. strata Of cunning
that | suspectedand became weary of
When ] was chosen peoples soliciiol
be sought my confidence, but ! re-
PEELED it, and, except in court, We
were little together. Many time:
on the civil side had he given ia
vorable charge on facts, or acqui.
esced in my law when I felt / was
wrong. Nor coulc / fathom ahy ht
thus songht to get the winning side
Of me. suspected him Of knavery
When prisoners we're convicted, hi:
discretion Of punishment and sen
fences were. oddly inconsistent. =
He fined when be should have i'm
prisoned, and confined when a nom
inal punishment would have answered
the justice of the case. But | new.
er could get any clue, and with the
populaee be was regarded as mai
of rare integrity and firmness o
mind. h.ss .65}s,ridsaW tasaaa
One night at the little inn in the
village of Washington, where I
weeks court was to be held, ! wen
to my "boarded off, bed room for al
afternoon nap, and was soon fas'
asleep. Twas awakened by con
fused murmuring, that, after I wal
thoroughly aroused, / perceived t
come from an adjoining room, ont
appropriated to Judge G. ~
"He is committing his Crane
Jury charge said | to myself
when heard astraDge a voice say:
"The Doodle is most -rsel Q
the old stripe r,-s-..s. - s $.
Now, "boodle" is a flash term use(
by counterfeiters, and it instantly
ATTRACTED my prosecuting attep
ton. As ] set upon the bedside
ray Of. light came through chinl
of the boarded petition. AS man
honor would have forbidden "peep,
las an officer Of, the, law, prudence
commanded it. So, drawing mysel
noiselessly to the wall, or the boar'
separation, / looked through the
serack aud saw Judge c. seated
.at the table with a sinister looking
man, who woreia pair Of remarkable
black wbiskers; aud the two were
counting quite a pile of new baDl
bank bills i listened, but8inbti an
bother word s;spokenifor sometime
Il saw the money divided into thre
/, piles, and the Judge placed one II
bis pocket, the wbiskered man tool
! The ether, ard then drawing of hi
boots divided the third pile betweel
each boot in the inside Of it, am
then again be placed 'tham on hi
feet, Next, the Judge said: Il
BE careful and send tito tn
proper plaee,1's sdi % 3sisasm 8ds
His -sinister-seompanion gave
-tmeaui ng smile; they shook hands tb
IIstranger left the room Hcnutiousi,
and thesJudge then sat domntosotn
papers, / continued to look for SCI