The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1869-03-28

..Checkiey inmedIiafeiy bustled out of court,
and returned at once, leading In very respect
able faEmer- like man, with q blue coat and gut
buttons, scratch Wig corduroy 'isn's ana
This i witness to character, my Lord
VERY Keller (the counsel) forthwith began
Affer asking him his name and residence
g Ycu know the prisoner in the dock said
~ Yes, your honor, ever since he was gos-
asAnd>xhat is his general characterr said
- OCH, the sieyil . worse.
ssssNhy,t what sort of . witness is this you've
cried l Ksls Il aca9sag
ley; he hos ruined usp =
ID He may prove an affbi, however, returned
Cheeklsy; fexa,nine him to alibi, as instructed
4sKeiler accordingly resumed his examination.
- Whore was the prisoner on the 10th anst:S>
S. lie was near castlemartyr,' answered the
Are you sure of that r -
atQuite sure, COUNSELLOR
~ How do you know with such certainty
90 Because upon that very night i was re-
turning from the fair, and when got near my
own house saw the prisoner little way ON
lodging about, and knew it could be for no
good end. SO stepped into the heid and turn
ed off my horse to grass and while l was
him pop across tho wall into my garden, and
steal q lot Of parsnips and carrots, and what
thought great deal worse. OF, he stole bran
new English spade had got from pss- landlord,
Lord Shannon. So, fax cut away after him
but as was tired from my days labor, and he
being fresh and nimble, / was not able to ketch
in his house. and that's the same rogua im the
dock. wish bad y honit Of him.
cit is quito evident said the judge, that
We must ac9N aae psSnssf are Wines Ess ms
martyr 4 neatfy sixty miles nom Bantry and
40 ertsiniy II anything but pastisan Ct i, his
swear snfarinations agasnst the prisoncr for his
robbery Of your pSorertyP
az Tfoth win, my Lofdi with all the pleasure
& ysa sFSsp n sss a iSr s tie
~ DO Is tho crown ofiics and swear informa-
s The prisonsr was Of courso discharged, the
alibi having been clearly establiaesd. In an
hcur'a time some inquiry was MAIDS g. to whefh-
er Cheekisy'e rural witneas bad sworn inferno
not 70 be heard Of the prisoner, also, had yam
ishod immeiBa lately ON boing discharged, and, Of
ccpgse, resumed his lnsi-pgectise forthwith. i.
need hardly be told that Lord Bhannons soi-
dfsant tenant dealt little IN fiction, aud that
the story Of his farm from that n0bleman, and
o. tho spade and yegeta bles, was = pleasant de-
oofsrts 6f EnglisEs harxisters, With EhOm dined,
and 10 WA E9EE amusing 70 witness their as
tonish1nenk % Mr.. ghecEley's gnprinoipled in
Henuify. Stephen Rice declared no wonld walk
Efsy miles TO see Checkiey.n
perhasss Is was the existence OF such o fellow
~ Chackley that gave barrister named Par,
sons that horror for attorneys which OconneH
q There was 8 barfister Of the name of Par
sons &c the bar IN my early practices" said
Parscne hated the whole tribe of attorneys
mariana thez had not treated him very we'll
but his prejudice against them was eSernally
Foux Courts, an attorney came up TO him to
h50 mis- BunseFiptf0n towards buryfng n brother
attorney who had diedsin distressed circum-
ohi S paIso sSS said aid The applicant, do
no mot went 90 much; only ask shilling
from each cuHtribntor.,
would most swiilihg iy snbseri6s money any day
to ppt an attqrEssy under groundss l
But really, Mr.. Parsons, have limited
mys =. los aoJS a sir s sas sSe
-a,,d JskS tESestH of tkeiEs
bat 81 ali the storiA shnt hefolds there ia moi
psrlsaps nothsE as that that
was mot pcstsd n 4the RSpalaF idioin. o'Con'
One Of the most curious things I remember
ia my bar experience, is Judge Fosters chaT'g
lag for tho ncqufttai Of q homicide named Denit
HMIIigan, who was triads with four others, at
the IstmeEic AssiEes, many years ago Poster
totally mistook the evidence of the principal
witness Tor the prosecution. The offence eharg
ca was aggravated manslaughter, committed
on some poor wretch whose name forget. The
first four prisoners were shown to be crimiRaliy
abetting but the fifth Denis -1IeLligans was
proved to have iniitcted the fatal blow. The
evidence Of the principal witness against him
was given Ia these Words
= 4 saw Denis Halllgan, my Lord Che that's
IN the dock there1 take o racrRcg -(aim3 ut tho
poor s0nt that kilt md gave him wipe will
a -alpesn, (shilelal, and lay him down as
quiet as > child
s.Tno judge charged against the first four pris
Oners, and Sentenced them to seven yeaas' inn
prisontnent each then proceeding to tho fifth
the RASCAL who really committed the homicide
he addressed him thus:
- Denis aalligan, i have purposely reserved
che confederation of your case for the last
Your crime, as being q partieipater in the nc
fray, is dopbtless of 2 grievous nature yet !
cannot avoid t6fxing into consideration the init
5aatina oiroumstafices that attend it, By tn,
evidences Of the witness itcIearly, appears thai
gisls-were the only one of the party who showed
any mercy to she unfortunate deceased. You
took him to q vacant seat, and you wipeti mr.
with 3 clean napkin, and ito use the affecting
and poetic Language of tho witnessl you laid
him down with tho gentleuess ono shows TO q