Nebraska advertiser. [volume] (Brownville, Nemaha County, N.T. [Neb.]) 1856-1882, 1868-11-05
"A DeVonshTFe jury.

We have heard something lately of
the way in, which jufies wrangle
about their verdict, Listen to a,De-
Voifshire story -thereanent A doctor
in. b had. caused the death of an
old woman in that town, through
giving her wrong drugs. The facts of
the case were notorious. However.
when the. trial came on, to the sur
prise of every one, he was acquitted.
The jury were much laughed at for
acquitting so notorious q culprit, and
had actually to change their market
town from b to another. Before
quitting, one of them to prove the
regular and straightforward way in
which they had acted, made a clean
breast of it, and sp1ke thus
III must telPee ft1rst, US was tUked
and shut MP in dark rune, W'Out
wire and camel, no wittles, and no
dEinks Ike 50 illafaY dalTe- tel abUut
Christiaifl jurgMef Is had ncthin'
else 60 do,ls0 us silnmat9 as niipht AN
50 well get to work ab1ut the Business
SO sune as posslbii 50 i was what
they call Normau-- d tho chap who
has to tell t'Others what they'm to saw,
and to settle disputes, and Keen things
comfortable like; so | says, Gentle
mems, US must just get thrO' thick
y'ere business, so sune as possible, and
git to supper 'ome long, Doe know
Whatfor, us be come tOgether?' why,
Ills something about thicly doctor,
isn't it?' HEes fy ! it's q question
whether us shall take and hang 'un or
no and US 'ad better go bynOst votes
on the subject I; so if so be you'll sit
still I'll axe We all round So / axes
No. 4: What do you say, Mr. -,
guilty or not guilty?' We'll, sir, you
might ha' known before akin of me,
that ! don't care q d. either way, for
it. can't make no difference to me
hangin' he dOR't 'Vrt me. Very true,
sir. says so I registers ZEE as not
guilty. What do you say, sir? Well
sir, l says 'tis 3 ease of taQ lives agin
one. Yeu knaW Doctor - was our
parish doctor, and it was only last
Tuesday week he. was ON his rounds,
and he comes and he saves me tea
little children as was tuken mortal bad
with smallpox, and nOW YOU axes me
to hang un. Why, 'ee's only killed a
auld woman who must have died
shortly in the course of nature, and
saved my two children against she 4;
so l says not guilty, sir VERY well,
sir, says |, and I axes No. 3, and he
says, i says the auld woman deserved
to die, for twas preuyed that the very
nigh before she died, her was a eatin,
of rabbits and onions: andif YOU or [
had done that at twelve O'Clock o'uite
and gore to bed with our bellies. full
of such yittles as they, why US ought
to die, if us didn't; so I says not
guilty. Geud, says I and what do
yeu say sir?' I should say none of
yourneek or nothing measures. Given
aVortnight i'm the Debtors Court-I've
lad it there mYself-and yeu'u find it
bad enough for zee, And so zee says
not guilty, and / turns to No. 5. ]
says says he, amy person VIII nat
urally die who don't 5tick to Mr.. 30I-
lOway's pills and ointment, which
cured poor Mrs. Maria Jolly, after
forty years hexeruciating hagon0 from
the wind and 1 never card as how
her used they, SO shall say not guilty
| for he! Wen, next comes No. 6, and
he says, i says not guilty, for I took q
| hoath when 1 was q small boy behinC
a counter where there steud q crukeC
! teapot, with q half crown inside it
and I was accused and Whoppcd fOl
'avin' prigged ent, that should I ever
see any person accesed of stealth any
thing else, / should always swear thaf
he who was accused was falsely sworn
against So I came to No. Z, and h,
says, We'll, gentlemen, tits very pret
! ty and very true, all you've been say
! ing; but you seem to me to have oyer
Hooked one fact, that if you lang 'et
you don't bring she to life, so I shGul(
say leave both poor deeils alone Th,
next said, Fake and hang i'm, 70
what Z care and the others followed
all; but, fortunately. us 'ad enough
| votes for to save his life, and that
how it was.n