Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1868-12-17

party filed long array Of exceptions, at
tho close Of which he charged the referees
with corruption, II you expect 70 get
the report sot aside ir corruption" said
Judge Harrington, you will have to
prove it upon Towntr Everybody knows
that Tiehenor and Robinson were chosen
On purpose to be corrupt"
Such unbounded confidence had the
people in his good Judgment and good
sense that iurios almost never failed TO
reader yerdiets in accordance with his
charges, His skill in presenting case
secured the same result, even when pohti'
cal prejudioes stood between him and the
jury, Us they not seldom did. lie once
went into Franklin county 10 hold the
court. His reputation had preceded him,
and one Of the iurymen, thinking toeShib-
it his independence Of thought and action,
declared with great emphasis that Judge
Harrington should see that the people OF
Franklin county had minds Of their own,
aud would decide eases according to their
own minds, and not according TO the die
tation Of any judge, The first case was
decided according the charge, and this,
same iuryman was loul-mouthcd in CON
/ demuation of the Judge, This particu'
/ lar oasc, TO be sure" said he, twas 50 plain
that il was not possible TO decide it any
other way; but youll Soc" continued he,
when any case comes up that is pretty
evenly balanced, you'll see that old Theoph
can't make US decide any other way than
according 70 our own Judgments Blu
singular 10 say, no evenly balanced case.
came up; they were all so plain tina,
they could be decided in only one way,
and that the way which "old Theoph sug-
gested"
Ono of his decisions has obtained his
torical celebrity, and doubtless contributed
not a little TO the formation of public
+ sentiment in Vermont on a subject which
has oocavioued more excitement and agi
tatiou than any other subjee. that has
occupied the public mind during the pres
ent century. Under the original fugitiv,
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B rington, The attorney for the claiman
900. l. 80. -. l. - H. - q, str,',r.
p made out what he regarded a. a ""''
J'cf case ana theh rested ont ID
Judge animated that The title 10 the siaN
+ was not satisfactorily established. Ad
/. ditioual evidence, oral and documentary
- was then put in, and again the attorno,
. rested his case, only to be again intorme,
] by the Judge that thu testimony was in
?. sufficient. Another attempt was mad
p ,uA proof was furni-h,l that the ucgr
+ and his ancestors before lin had. Tim
- out of mind of man, been slaves Of tn
claimant ana m' a@'estero. StlI III
3. Judge declared that th'ro seemed to he
20 defect n the title. ""lIl your homo
u them returned th' a'i""'Shed attorne!
,- be aoo|'n'ush +" suggest what Is Iac'
!. ing to make perfect title "A "" q
sale, -ir, from God Almighty" was tn
Il auuihilatiug rcioindcr, The batiled mar
. hunter Was compelled - abandon h
y claim; and. from that day to this, wha
81 ever may have boon the practice in 9th,
,o States nothing short OF "a bull OF Sa
a. rom Cod Almighty has been Reid
lie Vermont sufficient to convey to q ma
er the ownership OIL Ms 'viIo" man
OF men 'uu2' h''tins''" was "oo'