The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1875-05-14
From the Fremont Journsl.l
OCCASIONALS,
A Man Issues his own Marriage License

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A Man Issues his own Marriage License
The Probate Judge of Toledo is q gen
tleman, but he has lady clerk. The
courts seem TO hold that ledy cannot
legally oct as the deputy Of a Judge, or
of a Clerk of the Court OF Common
Pleas. She may fill out blar ks and affix
the official seal, but she cannot properly
write the officials signature. Until this
decision was rendered, ladies did in
some places and instances, act as depu-
ties of such officers; and no doubt more
than ono affidavit and marriage license
has been issued, which would hardly
bear the test of the present judicial rul-
ing. More than one couple, sanguinely
believed by themselves and others to
have been lawfully joined in wedlock,
were never legally married. 1t is prob
ably Just as well, however, 30 long as
others do not know it ard use it to their
disadvantage. But am straying away
from my subject. The Probate Judge
of Lucas county, thinks it not well for
man TO be alone, end he has wisely ta-
ken a better half. As no one could is-
gue him the requisite license, he had toI
fill one out himself. Being widower
and OF ripe age, he had no occasion toI
make affidavit as 10 the points concern
ing which, the Law requires the officer
issuing the license to satisfy himself.
But the thought arises, suppose he we're
a single, young man; or it were not
known that he had no wife living, or
from whom he had been lawfully di-
yorced. Who would ask him the usuVl
questions and take his affidavit9 He
might, and he may, have made such
declarations and placed it on record in
his Office, but 1 should think it would
appear to him something like a farce;
and if in his alliances place, should
wish TO be married by long service, or
ny two clergymen, 50 that 1 could feel
that / was really and wholly married
In this instance, as the lady chosen is
not the lady clerk, the latter wouldhard-
ly have been asked to fill out the blank
license; but If his Honor had married
his clerk, then whatever she would have
done toward issuing the license, must
have appeared to her still more ct
farce. Look at it in the best light pos
sible, the event seems queer.
TRACY ON THE STAND.
LAWYERS are, am persuaded, FRO
verbally modest. One may say it ii
this way, and mean just the reverse, yet
it does not sound so - well, harsh ano
uncourteous for instance. After all
there is no need of being at all mesly
mouthed in the matter; formenof cheel
are like men of pluck in one particular
at least-if you hurt their feelings yo1
will never know it. But not to get of
the track again: Lawyers sometimestes
tify in court, and ] do not say that tlh
is necessarily even particularly immoaes
especially when they are not acting a
counsel on either side of the case. Blu
it is rather bold for counsel to ask to b,
sworn-much like notary public taking
his own acknowledgement in deed, o
like a school teacher examining him
self as an applicant for situation
Yet this is the perfection of mod
esty personifed, contrasted wit
the course of General Tracy. By tn
way; how came he by that martial title
Not from any military prowess it is
be presumed. Tracy not only takes tn
witness Standard not only does h
testify as the counsel of him for whoI
he swears-but he sits, like Satan Squa
at the ear of Eve, beside his brothe
counsel and prompts him by suggestion
while the latter is cross-examining wi
nesses on the other side. And whenC
comes his ability to suggest seaDehin
inqniries9 True enoughl Why tn
pettifogging witness is the Judas OF la
he is an arrnnt traitor as he is doub
less a white-liRered coward-he ID b
traying one who confded IN him sem
prOfessionally-betraying him With
excuse except enc trumped up, tran
parent as glass Tracy, q noted LAY
yer, after receiving the privacy
TiHon in saeSed confidence, tar
against the latter, and-shade-
Lyourgus shniAk away abashed viii
Iwsite iti not 0nly becomes counsel
his enemy, but goes upon the witne
stand to reveal under oath, whata b
professional honor he can have nom
is sOlemnly pledged to withhold.
ye Gods what effrontery what kna
cry Bat he has done no harm, save
him whom he sought TO aid. In t
name of common sense, what must
the terrible need of Beeeher who til
basely tries to prop up his cause A
his counsel, so many of them, with
their boasted talent and great renow
gone stark mad2 o. Beecher Beeche