Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1868-11-22
10 to do. You know my shanty down

thing to do. You know my shanty down
the creekp
All shouted in the affirmative.
"WelI, in that shanty there's Dottie Oh
prime whisky, in which l will be happy 10
drink luck to both of you. Now, the nrs1
man there gets the suit. Cor
Out of the court they rushed, down the
creek, over logs and over mining numes'
tumbliDg and rolling and running, Win
half the population after them, until they
reached the cabin in question. When the
Judge arrived shortly afterward, he iounu
a stalwart miner firmly grasplng the
handle of the door. The whisky was pro-
duced, luck was drank, aud every oony
went away perfectly satisfied with the de-
cision.
PATIENCE OF THE COURT.
Most commendable on the whole is the
patience eyinced by these Judges under
the orations Of long winded and not very
learned attorneys. The most extraordinary
instance of patience was that of Judge IN
Illinois, who, after two Wordy lawyers had
argued and re-argued about certain act OF
Congress, closed the whole at the end OF
the second day, by calmly remarkIng,
Gentlemen, the act is repealed y
Mr.. Justice Begbie, of British Columbia
the terror of evil doors, and of too sympA-
thizing jurors, had occasion to caution
witness.
"Don't prevaricate, sir, don't prevaricate,
remember that you are on oath" :,
The excuse was, "How am to help 1t,
Judge when have such an almighty bad
toothachep
If the learning of the Judge puzzles the
witness, sometimes the dog Latin OF the
lawyers puzzles Judge.
"REs ADJUDIcATA."
A short time ago, in San Francisco, a
hotly contested case came on In certain
Justices Court in the city, which is pre-
sided over by a magistrate with strong
antipathy to the dead languages, and all
who indulge in the affectstion of using
them. Plaintiff having put in his complaint
in due form, the Judge demanded what
was the defendants answer. Whereupon
the defendants counsel, who had been
brought up under the old system, and still
retained lingering love for scraps of law
Latin, responded
MAY it please the court, our answer Is
that the subject matter aud cause Of action
in previous suit already determined, 10
consequence of which the question now
raised before your honor, is res Gdjudicdtd.'
els what?" broke in the Judge, adjusting
his spectacles.
Res adjudicata if the court pleases."
"Sir," cried the Judge, we allow no
dead languages here. Plain English is
good enough for us. The practice has abol-
ished the dead languages, and if you give
US any more of your Greek or Latin, I'll
commit you, sir, for contempt of court"
SENTENCE AND EXECUTION.
In the earlier days of California. one Of
these rough and ready dispensers of the
law held court on Sunday, and sentenced
a." greaser" "a native Californian or Next
c2n) according to law then in force, for
thirty lashes, for theft; but on the
prisoners counsel threatening to apply for
writ Of habeas corpus, on tina ground
that it was unconstitutional to hold court
on a Sunday, the judge declared, with a
round oath, that rather than the - gres-
ser should get of by any such pettyiog-
ging trick, he would carry the sentence into
effect "light away" And then and there
he applied the thirty-nine lashes, (the law
limiting them to under fOrty,) remarking
when be had finished, that the lawyer had
better reserve his habeas corpus until the
greaser's back got barked again !"
SCARCITY OF JUEYMEN.
The Missouri Sheriff might truly enough
remark that "jurymen are rather scarce"
| More than once friend who knew the
ways Of the country, has informed me, as a
kindness, that "there wor - jury trial
agwine on down to Humbug City, and, as
/ reckon. the Sheriff. darned run for jul
rymen, you'd better kinder work round
clar of that locality" If | asked, "How
cau be a juryman? am foreigner, q
stranger, a traveller, who has neither land
nor lot, neither votes nor pays taxes?
"Ah, that would be mighty little count"
would be the reply; "you hev paid taxes,
| for you paid your money; and az for moi
being a resident, | reckon the Sheriff j
soon make you out residence; and as fol
YOUR being a furriner, it don't matter
| shucks; that's the very thing you'll be
spotted for. The Sheriff has summoned
every citizen to coroner and jury trials,
: and every other darned sort of trial, sc
mighty often, that they swar, if sum
moned much oftener, they won't vote for
him next election. And as lection comes
/. in March, l sorter reckon he'll like Il
- Il CDTIdll q CJOu VI NNb VIM oiA 81 I-N
vote"
> At last l really was caught, and it was
useless to remonstrate. The Sheriff de
clared 'jurymen were scarce, aud must
o take turn at it."
To my establishment, under the idea,
suppose, that was "a right smart chanc
of a scholar" was chosen foreman of tn
u Jury, and in this capacity assisted in SEND
y ing a man to the State Prison for twt
~ months, as a reward for his mechanics
ls skill having been diverted into the char
- mel of making bogus gold dust We ha
ID considerable difficulty in arriving at
unanimous verdict, as two Of the jury wei
~ personal friends of the prisoner. In thi
y stage backwoodsman produced pack
&c cards from his pocket, proposed that "
should play Seven up" for decision o
Ie if we objected to gambling, we could, 1
u least, draw straws for it.
CRowEER's QUEST.
C. At little backwoOds sswmill settl
ment, called Alberni, Vancouver's Islan'
ev an Indian had been stealing potatoes frol
l. ba lon