North Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1867-current, 1868-11-11
Trial Sy Jury.

We have heard great deal of the way
in which juries wrangle about their YER
dict. Listen to an En- slish story thereanent
| A doctor in B, in Devonshire, 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
surprise Of everyone, he was acquitted.
| The jury were much laughed at for ac-
quitting so notorious a culprit, and had
actually to change their market.town from
B to another. Before quitting, one
Of them, to prove the regular and straith.
forward way in which they had acted,
made clean breast Of it, and spoke thus
IL must tell zee furst, US was tuked and
shut up in dark rune, wi'out wire and
cannle, no whites, and no drinks, like SO
many dawss-tell about Christian jurymen
Us had nothin' else to do, SO us simmed
us might all SO well get to work about the
business so sune as possible. So / was
what they calls Vorman-'ee's the chap
who has to tell the t'others what they M
to say, and to settle disputes, and keep
things comfortable like; SO l says
Gentlemen, us must just get thro' thick
ye're business so sune as possible. and git
to supper omc long. Doe know what
for, us be come together?'
"'Why, ',is something about thick
doctor, isn't it2'
"' Ees fy! It's question whether us
shall take and hang 'un or not; and US
had better go by most votes on the subject; !;
So if so be you'll sit still I'll axe ye all
round.' So axes No. l 'What do you
say, Mr.. -, Guilty or Not Guilty I?
"'Well, sir, you might ha' known before
akin me, that don't care dam either
way, for it can't make no difference to me
-hangin he don't 'urt me-
"'Very true, sir, says l /; so registers
zee as Not guilty. What do ycu say, sir p
"'Well, sir, l says it's case Of ten lives
again one. Yeu knaw, Doctor - was
our parish doctor, and it was only last
Tuesday week he was on his rounds, and
he comes and saves my ten little children
as was tuked mortal bad with smallpox,
and now you axes me to hang un. Why,
'ee's only killed auld weuman who must
have died shortly in the caurse Of nature,
and saved my ten children against she; so
l says Not guilty, SIR
"'Very we'll, SIR snys and l axes
No. 2, and he says
SHY tue WcuIuau uSSorScu W uIc, toI
twas preuved that the very night before
she died her was eatin' Of rabbits and
onions and if yeu or had done that at
twelve o'clock o'night, and gone to bed
with our bellies full of such wittles as
they, why US ought to die, if us didn't !;
so says Not guilty
"'Geud,' says l 'and what do yeu say.
sirT
"'I should say, none Of vour neck or
nothing measures. Given a vartnight in
the Debtors Court-I've ad it there N.Y.
self-and you'll find 1t bad enough for
'ee, And so zee says Not guilty, and I
turns to No. 5.
"'I say says he, amy person will na-
turally die who don't stick to Mr. 'Ol-
loway's pills and ointment, which cured
poor Mrs. Maria jolly, after forty years
hexcruciating hagony from the wind and
| never 'eard as how her used they, SO l
shall say Not guilty for he.'
"Well. next comes No. 6, and he says
Il says Not guilty, for took a hoath
when I was small boy behind Il counter
where there steud cracked tea pot, with
a halfcrown inside it, and was accused
and wopped for 'avin' prigged EN-, that
should ! ever see any person accused OF
stealin' anything else, I should always
swear that he who was accused was falsely
sworn against
$50 I came to No. I, and he says
We'll, gentlemen, It's very pretty and very
treu, all you've bin saying but you seem
to me to have overlooked one fact, that if
you 'ang 'ec you don't bring she to life, so
| should say leave both poor devils alone
| 1.-THE next said-tTakc aud 'ane i'm.
for what care and the others followed
all ; but, fortunately, US 'ad enough votes
for to save his life, and that's how it was. !"