The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1869-04-25

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dared him to thus stretch his perogatiye
| The Judge thought best to excuse zE. Bus
teed. The fertility. Of his mind and its yra
pidity of action, asFishowh in drawing tht
objections in the Baker trial, were once
illustrated on an occasion when, on q case
being called, Mr. Brady answered that his
side was ready. The opposite counsel also
stated that he was ready, and appeared fol
the plaintiff. "No," soid Brady, II am fol
the plaintiff adding, Il think 1 mus
know which side I am on" However, he
So, gathering up his papers, he requested
his Honor TO excuse him for twenty mi
nutes as he saw he was for the defendnnts
instead of, as he had enormously supposed
for the plaintiffs, adding, 'and. from my
knowledge of the merits of the case, am
heartily glad that am to defend instead o
prosecute" He left the room, returned in
twenty minutes, tried and won the cause.
HIS FERTILITY AND QUICKNEss.
The Hon. Luther r.. Marsh gives an in.
stance of Mr.. Brady's fertility in an impor
tant case, to which he himself had given
thorough, and, rs he felt, exhaustive prepa.
on the trial, Brady having had no previous
knowledge of the case. "Go on and open
your case fully, use all your points withou,
regard to me- said Brady. Mr.. Marsh die
so, and sat down, wondering what new mat
ter Mr.. Brady could find to say. TO his
astonishment, Brady rose and presented
seven new and striking points.
OF his quickness in the law of case, ar
instance is given where recent decision
adverse to his position was introduced
Taking the book in his hand, he said it does
not appear whether this case has been heart
in the Court of Appeals, but when it is, il
will 1,a for oh wi ,ol,
which eventually proved to be the exact rea
sons given by the court reversing the deci
sion. Conceding all his wonderful brilliancy
and originality, Judge DAILY states however
that his greatness as lawyer lay in hi.
sound judgment in the general management
of case. It is stated that in no case in
volving constitutional questions have hi
arguments been reversed in the highest ap
F, pelate court.
OF his manner, Mr.. Porter says: "Who
can ever forget that pecu lar manner of his
which we have all felt and none can describe
1t was evanescent as the fragrance of the
rose From the time he entered the court
room, his by-play with the jury commenced
He made himself thoroughly at home will
them. 1t is said that he never lost case il
which he was before jury for more than s
week; by that time they saw everything will
his eyes. He was counsel in fifty two capi
tai cases, in not one of which was he eve
unsuccessful, except in that of Beall, who
was tried by court martial at Fort LaFay
cite, on the charge of being "spy ant
guerilla"
1t is related that once having successfully
defended a man charged with murder, rs ht
was leaving the court, the Judge said
MIR. Brady, the next case is that of mar
charged with murder; he has no counsel
can you defend him?" "Certainly," sale
Brady, and instantly went on with the trial
The Judge assigned him, in the same way
to two others charged with similar crime
SO that in succession he defended nnC
cleared four capital cases, giving week ;.
unrequited time to these four criminals HI
was obliged to decline to follow this up il
the case of the next man, charged with bur
glary, who, having no counsel, desired him
to be assigned to him.
tThe case of young man, who wa.
charged with murder in what was claimed
an accidental fracas, attracted good dea
of interest He was a Mason, and that so
ciety applied to Mr.. Brady to defend him
rendering So, 500 RS fee; but, for some
cause, he declined the case Not long after
one afternoon, n neatly dressed, modes
young girl came to the Office, and asked 70,
Mr.. Brady. Told to walk into his privat.
office, she timidly approached his desk, anC
saying: "Mr. Brady, they are going to hans
my brother, and you can save him! I've
brought you this money; please don't lie
my brother die" she burst into tears. L
was roll of $3.50, which the poor girl l,at
begged in sums of five and ten dollars. The
kind-hearted man heard her story. "They
shan't hang your brother, my child, said
he; and, putting the roll of bills in an ell
velope, told her to take it to her mother
and ha yynn11 aok for x1hax, Il tol
The boy was cleared. In Mr.. Brady's par
lor hangs an exquisite picture, by Durand
with letter on the back, asking him to &C
| cept it as q mark of annraciation for hi,