Red Wing sentinel. [volume] (Red Wing, M.T. [i.e. Minn.]) 1855-1861, 1859-05-21
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THE ADMINISTRATION, or Raw
IN A WESTERN JUSTICE COURT ?;

Ihe causes Aeard ana '0etermne4 pofE
Fore them. A. collection Of s:theiff
Docket Entries would furnish vol
lme Of forms and preoedents, that
would undoubtedly, I were. they to bel
generally adopted, soon. place Whit
taker on the top shelf Of every law-
yer's library, as a book no longer of
any use. s4saI 1
1t was 3. once i my good fortune to at
lend a trial had before one Of these
A brief description of the
IF the Court may not be ALL
embarrassing. In stature, !hel
was about five feet -four inches high,
and four feet five inches. in "circumfer-
ence,---his head and face, with their
profuse hirsute ornaments, suggested
the idea of a Lakewood knot, orna-l
1nented with the usual fly brush car
ried by animals of the genus bovine.
His face, or rather all that could be
seen of it, had about as much express
ion as pan Of dish water. To ems
able him clearly to distinguish the
legal "1oists,'' the summit Of his era
mum, was ornamental, with pair of
large round eyed, steel bowed specta-
cles;' kept in their place bysmeans Of al
tow string passing around the sfore-
said Uranium. His'person was clothed
in red flannel shirt and grey kersey-
mere paots, terminating in apair Of No.
le14 cowhide boots, between which, and
the bottoms Of his inexpressibles there
seemed, judging from appearances 'lllc 81 to
have beenfa difficulty of long stand
ing. Add to this that he chewed an.
of plug,'2s and spit,
profusely, and yeuehaveaa picture Of
His Honor. I will not attempt to de-
tail the proceedings at the trial, but
merely give literal copy (barring
names) Of his docket entry in the case,
for the genuineness of which, vide the
record in the words and figures fol-
lowing, to wit: ss,w qs5. :. ~
estate oFCouNTY aor--ss.
JOHN DOE, sa@d' a.n,s7.s g. t's,o
F.T 4 -
RICHARD ROE. sspesaq ,ass, =
beredathat on the 2sth day of Novem-
bur, A. D. 1855, the .sayd John Doe
filed here as his Klaus of acktion .
olame for damage on a mar, which
|sayd John Doe bot Of said Richard
Roe, which he baut for A saund Beast,
whereas she proved onsaund.. Partys
|appeared-cort cauled before ten
o'clock-the defendant sayd he. want
in in cort, which was a lie; he was
hear all the time-thensthe next move
was for removing it befoar some
other Justice, but befoar that was got
along with it was discovered that the
constable hadn't maid his return Of
s. sar'vice. this, was vas BY the defendants ',
attorneys-thens nor, mnoar was sayd
about moving the suit, but they un-
tdertooka to have 3 breakdown on nc
count Of the, constable's not having
his naim to his return of sarvis-that
didn't have any affect -tharfor they
(giv it up, and evidens was sworn! it
was proved that the mair' III contem.
lplatio,n was very uinsound-had a
SPAWN . on each hind leg, and . calls
on the fore leg and had the heayes--
and one hip had bin injured some way
and she had A stiff neck on accoun,
of her. having the pole evil and fur.
thermore itswes, proved that if said
MAR was soundashe would be worth
one hundred dollars Of the evi-
dens swoar that sayd mair' twas worth
not over thirty dollars Azssahd other
Ievidens that her to be worth not over
Fifty dollars It was proven that said
Roe recommended her sound there
tore I decide from the proofs and IL
Legations that Mr.. Richard Roe pay
INF. John Doe fifty dollars and cost 81
|cort-ffor the reason Of his taking one
Hundred dollars which was = sound
price land I judge after hearing The
lproof and allegation that Aftya dollafs
Icompensste M. John Doe for. thelun-
soundness therefore i give John Doc
La Judgment Of fifty dollars. .a5s
81, "a zasr.,x.. JOHN SMITH, $500
: sI.,<.x "A Justice Of the Peace. /
Who viii say after perusal Of the
above, that justice is not sometimes
dealt out even handed, q.
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