Middletown transcript., 1868-02-22

ask you for your objections; let your reply
be, I" l object to him by the rights of an
Englishman," without giving reasons why;
you will then perhaps be asked whom you
would wish to have in the room of the one
you have objected to; should that be the
case, I'll take care to be in the way; you
can look round carelessly and mention me.
If / am impannelled. though cannot
promise, yet I entertain great hopes of
being useful to you" ', '''''''. 'i'' -
The elder brother agreed to follow his
directions. and shortly after the trial came
on. When the names of the jury were
being called over, the elder brother, as he
had been instructed, objected to one Of
them. "And pray" says the judge, in
an authoritative tone, J" why do you object
to that gentleman as juryman?" Lob
ject to him, my lord, by the rights of an
Englishman. without giving my reasons
why" "And whom, says the Judge,
.'do you wish TO have inithe' room of that
gentleman y. 81 wish to have an honest
man. my lord. no matter who;" and look
ing round, " suppose Yon miller should
be called" Very weh," said his lord
ship; "let the miller be sworn % y H''
He was accordingly called down from
the gallery, where he had been standing
in view of the elder brother, and impanel-
led with the rest of the jury. he had not
been long in the box, when he observed a
little man very busy with the jury and
presently be came to him and slipped FIVE
guineas into his hand, intimating that it
was present from the younger brother I;
and after his departure the miller dicov-
cred, on inquiry Of his neigbors, that each
Of them had received double that sum.
He now turned his whole attention to
the trial, which appeared to lean decidedly
in favor of the younger brother, the wit
nesses having sworn -point-blank to the
death and burial of the. elder brother,
His iordship proceeded to sum up the evi-
dence,, without taking notice Of several
contradictions which had taken place be-
tween the younger brother and his wit
nesses. 5.llaA1 aa"ra"i alj saVia ,lHh
After having perfdiously .expatiated in
favor of the younger brother, he conclu-
ded and the jury, after being questioned
in the usual manner whether they were
all agreed, the foreman was about to reply,
when the miller stepped forward, calling
out, "No, my lord, we 4; are not all
agreedW, "And pray" says his lordsbip.
what objections have you, old dusty
wig" -. -, f' d" ,'--,. i.,, .'gE So =,
"I have many objections, my lord in
the first place, all these gentlmen Of the
jury have received ten broad pieces Of gold
from the younger brother, and have re-
ceived but fve!" He then proceeded to
point out the contradictory evidence which
had been adduced, in such strain Of elo-
quence that the court was lost in as
tonishment. The judge, unable longer to
contain himself, called out with vche-
mence, ''Who are you? where do you
come from what is your namef"
To which interrogatories the miller re-
piled, 81 come from Westminster Hall !;
my name is Matthew Hale; I am Lord
Chief Justice Of the Court of Kings
Bench; and feeling as do conviction of
your unworthiness to hold so high Judi
cial station, from having observed your
iniquitous and partial proceedings this day,
command you to come down from that
tribunal you, have so much disgraced, and
will try this cause myself"
Sir Matthew then assembled the bench in
the miller's wig, etc. had new jury i'm
pannelled, reexamined all the witnesses,
proved them to have been suborned; and
the circumstances being completely changed
the verdict was unhesitatingly given in
favor of the elder brother. - !,