The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1869-06-11

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show that neither had the start of
the other, and they should deposit
the same sum Of money in the hands
of the respectable landlord OF the
principal inn; taking care that
they did it in the presence Of wit.
nesses, and that special instructions
should be given to to the landlord
not to give up farthing Of either
until al three returned together
to receive the whole. adding that
If he did he would DO held response
lie; The London merchant, know
ing the landlord of the inn to be q
man of undoubted responsibility, At
once asscnted to the proposal, and
each of the the three parties accord
ingly placed in his hands, under the
circumstances stated, s250. making
E75O in all. a1-. fota" -. z
.Well, said Sergeant Vaughan,
"wcll, you certainly do interest
me in your singular story. And
what was the result 2"
"Why, this-that scarcely had
the three parties left the inn .
minute, when one Of the two stran-
gers came running back and said
that on second thought they had
only come to the conclusion that it
would be better to make their pur-
chases as early in the day as possi-
BILE, and that consequently the 9TH
er two had desired him to return
and get the money"
"And the landlord gave him the
whole sum at once :" interposed
Mr.. Vaughan.
He did. indeed, unfortunately
for himself and me-" answered the
other.
"And what followed inquired the
learned gentleman eagerly.
"Why the other stranger and the
London merchant returned in about
an hour and demanded their money
"Whcn the landlord, of course,
told them he had given it to the
other Z" .r.- ~. .. w.
"He did, .r
"On which, I suppose, they
bring All action against the landlord1'
Precisely so, and seeing that
the defence was useless, inasmuch
as hc delivered up the money to one,
when his instructions were permptc.
ry not to deliver it until all three
were present, my friend is to allow
the action to 60 undefended. The
money must be paid to the sharper
for both strangers, as the event
proved, were shsrpers--and also
the London merchant"
"And you really have made up
your mind to pay it ?"
."Oh ! certainly, because there
is no hep for it."
II am barrister am = Mr..
Sergeant Vaughan. and l will de-
fend the case gratuituusly."
The other rendered him = thou
sand thanks. for his apprehensions
were that oil efforts at defence
would be perfectly useless.
1--WE shall see, said the Sergeant
significantly, I'VE shall see. You
and your friend, the landlord, will
call on me this evening, at three
o'clock to arrange for the defense
tomorrow. ....
Tomorrow came and tho case
was duly called on. The poor inn-
keeper, acting upon the advice of
Mr.. Vaughan, but not perceiving in
what way he could be benefited by
it, defended the case.
Everything proceeded so favorably
for the prosecution for sometime
that, though every person in the
court deeply sympathized with the
unfortunate landlord, they saw no
possibility Of any other result than
q decision against him. Mr.. Ser
geant Vaughan. when the case for
the prosecution closed, arose and
said:
"Now, gentlemen of the jury,
you have heard the evidence ad-
duced. You have seen it produced.
You have seen it proved by unex-
ceptienable witnesses that the de-
fendant received the most positive
instructions from all three not to
deliver the money or any part OF it
to either Of the parties except in
the presence Of all. Gentlemen my
client has got the money in his
possession, and is ready to give il
up when oil three parties come to
demand it. Let the absent party
be brought to his house. in company
with the other two, and every one
will have his money returned to
him"
The defence was equally ingca-
ious and complete. The jury
looked as amazed at each other as
though some world had burst on
their astonished gaze. So did all
Of the spectators in court. The
verdict was, Of course. for the de-
fendant.
It is unnecessary to add that the
one who absconded with the money
never returned, and consequently
the poor landlord never had farth-
ing Of the amount.
The Pacific R0ilvvNy.-Re.
port Of tho Government
Commission.
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