Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1861-04-12

stances happened that have brought her
under this unfortunate suspicion. All
my former opinions of her worth are
stronger than ever, since the renewal of
our acquaintance and having been in
the receipt of three dollars a day for the
past four years, and saved large por-
ton of my wages, | have repeatedly Of
fered to lend her the balance necessary
to pay off her fathers indebtedness, which
she has uniformity declined. She is now
accused of stealing from the office of the
corporation a package of money contain
ing five hundred dollars on the Globe
Bank. Boston-and has been arrested on
the charge. The examination takes
place this afternoon and | am requested
to engage you as her counsel
He then proceeded to narrate the cir
cumstances of the arrest, but it is unne-
cessary to repeat them here, as they will
appear in the sequel.
And you really believe, remarke ed
the Counsellor, after he had listened to
the narration, that she is innocent OF
the charge ?
AS innocent as the babe unborn |
would be willing to risk my SOULS saliva
ton upon it. There is vllainy as well
as guilt somewhere, and strongly sus-
pect where it is. | have more reasons
than one to be interested in this, but first
of all to save the innocent from disgrace
and punishment and besides all that, it
would add the last drop of bitterness to
the cup of an honorable and proud-spirit-
ed old man-one who has ever been
ready to lend helping hand to the dis
tressed, and who, years ago, cheered me
in my struggles Of youth and poverty.
1t would bring disgrace and sorrow upon
large class of reputable connections
and-and-'
Would put an end to the fond antici-
pations of certain person who has an
unusually deep interest in her welfare !?
suggested the Counsellor.
Yes
And you have deep interest in her
welfare
Yes
/ suspected as much. What | can
do for her and you shall be done. If she
is really innocent, God help her If she
is guilty, better, far better 10 have found
it out in time
Il beg of you,' replied the young man,
to Danish from your mind all idea OF
guilt as connected with her. tell you
she has not so soon, and in the noble
cause in which she has been struggling,
forgotten the lessons of her youth
Whatever may be said of lawyers
ability to advocate an unjust cause, /
know it is not in the power of man to do
so with the same zeal which would in
spire him on the side of truth and if you
do not give full credit to her innocence
now, you may do 80 hereafter when it
will be Of no avail
After further conversation, the young
man, whose name was William johnson
withdrew, and the Counsellor re-applied
himself to his task. At the appointed
time for the examination, he repaired to
the office of the magistrate,in aud around
which large crowd was collected, much
interested and excited, conversing in
small groups upon the probabilities OF
the prisoners guilt. She was sitting in
the office deeply affected by the disgrace
of her position. She was we'll but plain
ly dressed, of an intelligent and interest
ing appearance, but very pale, and her
countenance bore evident traces of re-
cent weeping. No one could look upon
her without feeling interested in her fate,
and no wonder that the crowd felt strong
sympathy in her behalf. The examina-
ton was then commenced, and sufficient
evidence introduced to fix strong guilt
upon the prisoner, and warrant the mag
istrate in holding her to bail in the sum
of three thousand dollars, to answer to
the charge of grand larceny at the next
term of the court. The prosecution ev-
identity did not go into the case, and the
defence for some cause, which was at the
time kept a secret, introduced no evil
dence at all-William johnson and two
others, also overseers in the mills, pre-
sented themselves and we're accepted as
bail.
That evening johnson had a long con-
sultation with Counsellor M. The cir
cumstanees look suspicious indeed re-
marked the Counsellor ; with one or two
more links in the chain, which may be
forged before the time of final trial comes
there cannot be a jury found in the coun-