Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1861-11-30

FN'J "U''0 SAPSlIeuCF. u he VBplu, OBJ
so!ete notions about the amenities of life
Professional or otherwise, we are happy to
see, are no clogs tp progress in his case, so
that his future is very for from being with.
out promise.
The State Of Ohio, as represented by
Ann Dolan, Us Henry Sheldon, in which our
community has heretofore taken some inter.
est, and which was sent up on recognizance
by Justice Holbrook to the Com. Pleos
where, after true bill bad been found by The
grand jury, it was assigned for trial onWet.
nesday OF the present week. The defend
ant was present afteF the weary journey
from New York the COUNSEL and witness
es Tor the State were getting ready for
trip to Jefferson, but while this was trans
piring, the State of Ohiq, ip the person of
Ann Dolan, was quietly and unostentatous.
ly vending its way to The depot TO take
the earliest train, in the opposite dir,c.
tion, wiih-as gossip hath it-$20O nest.
ling snugy and securely in its polpitating
bosom, or it may be, laid as plaster upon
the dissertations in that particular neigh
borhood. If the latter hypothesis he
lhe true one, We suppose we shall ever
be left aggravatingly in the dark as to
whose agile and skllful fingers it was that
made the application. The expedent, how.
ever is ingenus creditable enough, even if
it were divided among all the parties in in-
terest, and certainly Efficient enough to at.
test the professional ability of score of
practitioners. The case of course falls to
lhe ground This We suppose, is all well
enough if the State OF Ohio in the person of
Ann Dolan bad not improved upon the slip
perry lesson taught her, while pocketing the
spondulics, TO turn her back upon her old
friends all her pecuniary obligations to
them at the same time, leaving the 200 pure
simple--simple alike Of counsel fees, doc
tors bills, so forth Well enough we say,
because the dignity of the State of Ohio
against which the offence had been commit.
ted was appeased and satisfied, in the
person of Ann Dolan, by the payment of
the 5000 aforesaid No indemnity for this
is needed. AIMS busty steps and paIpiat
ing heart are a sufficient guaranty. To be
sure, the State Of Ohio, will have no re.
course for the costs and expenses thus far
incurred But the State of Ohio has no
soul, and IFS purse is fair game for plunder.
Thep, who will say that the defcndant--who,
ip addition to the pn,money of Ann Dolan
has two or three hungry lawyers to satisfy,
besides travelling expenses. and other incl
dentnls likely to amount in the aggregate
to near $500, to say nothing Of all The NOR,
tiication and vexatiop eudpred--has not
suffered ppnishRept enough for an nnpre,
medtated act committed under excitement !?
The only party suffering very seriously, then
is the connsel for the prosecution. He is
deprived of good fat case, where the fees
would have been comfortable in n high de |
gree, which is bad enough certainly, but
what is harder TO bear, the joke, and the
Internal snicker which it proyokes This,
however, is somewhat assuaged by the eclat
of the examination, which may be looked
back upon with unaloyed pleasure relief
we may all join in the laugh with restored
good nature, slip as usual our regular morn
ing beverage with all its lacteal richness
and comfort, aud bid the world jog on a.
gan until something else turns up, rejoicing
that an additional sacredness has now been
thrown around the acgiS of law, the haIow.
Cd palladium of human rights.
The counsel arranged for the trial of the
case, was Cook and Farmer for the prose.
cution, and Booth and Sherman for defence
. very discreet and fanltless arrrDgment,
surely. o. - "''
The dignfed and gaurded smile that
was graduated from the bench down to the
broad gufaw Of the less guarded neophyte,
of the bar, which could have been seen upou
the diffusion Of this piece Of information in
the courtroom, We you'd haVe given our
old summer hat to witness
Vive "a bagatelle
Our friends of the Cleveland Herald and
GOV Iod' are little by the ears, and the
Gov. being the president Of the Mahoning
noao. Is mdisereet and foolish enough TO