The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1874-10-24

first turn instinctiyely to the person who APP
pears here in the guse and color of prosecu
ting witness, seeking the redress that courts OF
Justice, under the last constitution OF the state
of Kentucky, have been vested with.
The prosecuting witness appears here, with
but little hair upon her head and minus several
teeth ! say, and desire to have your Honor
pay particular attention to the point make
This court is bound to say that prinsd Jacia the
prosecutriy as she now appears is minus the mar
that should appear upon the head OF any iull-
grown woman, by the hand OF the defendant.
Yes, am happy to see your Honor note it down
and it affords me some considerable pleasure to
observe the counsel for the defendant turn white
at this particular stage of the proceedings. Let
me rccaptulate before the Black Maria" is
called up. I have shown this court that the
incentives to a wlful perjury have been dis
posed of, and that prima tacia the defendant
should be handed over by mttimus to the
|" Black Maria"
Now, as &c the next point made by the defend.
ant, ,aolliter nadauS in,pOSud, in other words "a
gentle laying on of hands," | ask your Honor
and these spectators, two extraordinary jurisdic-
tions in one, if any gentle laying on of hands"
could even pri1ia tdcid leave but the radix of
woman's glory for her crown, or the mere sem
blance o. gum for dinner. Ridiculous!
therefore charge that have shown this hon
orablc court that the prosecuting witness has
not committed willful perjury. All motive being
absent, that prinad tdcd the defendant stands at
the bar Of justice guilty" and that the plea of
nolliter manus intposuit-a gentle laying on of
hands-is too thin, and mere eecti0neerag dodge
Now, then, for the last point, as TO the consc-
quences to the state Of Illinois through the in
juries done to colored lady, the wife of col
ored voter, and the daughter of another, and II
forgot TO mention, the sister Of half dozen
It is pretended that the injuries are not serious
In History of England's Kings it is related that
King John, after demanding 10000 ducats from
jew, and being refused, ordered that the jew
be forced to; and further orderin;, that tooth
be pulled out every day until he, the aforesaid
Jew, complied. The Jew, history informs us,
suffered the extraction Of one tooth, and then
complied. Fifty thousand ducats for one tooth
(the prosecuting witness in this case appears
here at a loss of severaD from Jew. CThe wit
ness in this case is colored0 and yet they claim
that the injuries are not severe! Preposterous
calculation in the light Of such precedent |
have therefore shown your Honor that defend.
ant p.rima tcia is guilty; that the plea of n,ohr
n,dnus imposuN is bad and have established a
precedent by which this court can fix the pen
atty. therefore humbly call upon this court to
calculate.
Following the states attorney came the plea
for the defense, by Mr.. Blake, delivered while
lying upon lounge with a camphor bottle at
his side, amid great sensation on the part Of the
audience:
May It please your Honor:
To attempt in this case the defense OF per
son charged with crime at q moment when, as
in this case, we find the court in tears, and even
my own client made TO half believe herself more
guilty than she is, is task that battles ingenuity.
may csntine myself to the points made by my
adversary, and assure this court that never in
the history of adjudgcd crime has such subter-
fuge been resorted to to cheat helpless and de-
fcncelcss lady into the idea that she is mistaken
in her innocence. Had opposing counsel used
his personal influence to eXtort from her the full
confession Of an oiiense which she, my client,
never committed, it would have been more hon
Orable than to stand up here and in her teeth
hurl the insinuatiOn that perforce a woman APP
pears here without hair, my client must be
blamed for it; or that every woman who loses
her hair may find redress before this honorable
court against the wife of one, the sister of half
dozen, the daughter of one, and the mother Of a
dozen colOrtd rioters. Fifty thousand ducats for
one tooth, too! ooh, Justice, what fines are
asked in thy namen said Madame Roland on her
r. l,..l
state design TO rcsurrect King John and place
him in your Honor's shoes, or does he even wish
to go n little farther and make King John Of
you? No, your honor; coninc yourself to the
ermine and let the purple go to the devil | do
not know what he means by "prim face" but if
he imagines that by thus impugning the beauty
Of yisage that stands better with its stock than
his does with its race, | doubt the potency Of
his argument, and take it as pleafor pity What
he means by ,ao'iiter tulhcr moApallH l don't
know; and what's more, l don't believe your
Honor does. And as plcadings of this character
are always construed most strongly against the
pleader, / maintain that he has no rig to drag
in before this honorable court the gutter-trash
and low dive slang that should be left to die like
mosquito in the slush where it found life. The
contemplate insinuation thrown out, tO-wlt:|
that turned white under ms gesticuations was
ungenerous, and struck me only when | threw
myself between my client and his raillery. |
did not turn white, your honor; and what's
more, never will.
The judge very feelingly then pdss,3 sentence.
1t was, however, ordered up" and the fine re-
ntteG.
OPINION OF THE COURT
Lockwood, c. j. lin tcars.)
This unfortunate domestic wrangle seems to
have originated in the desire OF colorcd citizen,
the wife, sister, daughter and mother Of several
colored voters to have her teeth extracted pul-
liter dentes, and the desire of another OF her race,
also wife, mother sister and daughter, etc. to /.
become the dentist. Now, in the first place, this
court takes judicial cognizance Of the fact that
nIh 1,,r M "a