Richland beacon. [volume] (Rayville, La.) 1869-1890, 1875-11-13
is:ssSisIg Sentences.

InridrniS SOMETIMES occur in our cnnfis ot
pasture that relax and divert the minds Of
the spectators, H. well - those interested n.
their prucc1iinys such Tn inc'iirnt occurred
In uar "uuu ruIn ou Ej-t Saturday, which for
intcrniNIuce ut the grave aud humorous Is 6
r'r" occurrence. an Uu'hnr Of which We pro
pose Ia give from memory.
Ihr cnuri IA ,,,.n tor two ,lav. engaged
On tn ca,,' ct The Stat, ". ). d. Bramc. IN
wir-h everyone wr> u,"rr "r less interested
nnh tin jiry nrl retired. when hi> Honor or
d'r"i r!ir sheriff Ia lrin2 mt, court those who
hal aIrrady been tri, + aud iunnd guilty. that
;hry uigHt receive 'h'ir >rnreica.
la" piI~''iIr.>. five ~ number filed into the
rourI room AMI took lie po non in line in
front at ME J,hg-s >i.nd, J,,k McDmr,il
(wirr hal nm been rri-d) al the head. lie
r'Enrnr,i the court that he wished tn plrah
2''II'y Ia the Cl,IIar at o St stealing. stating
'iitl hr hal h'rn deprived of his parents
while very tou -. tiiit H.. ha not been prop
cry raI-c !. nau taken up with bad company
aii.i h'ii t'r;tr,l btd habir>-whi-h WAS true
He wa> rrmtndcd wrII"i sentence. To awnit
th" d"iIbrraiiun at the court,
Next came j"-.'ph Rchic, convicted &C
urn>ituGEi"r. Sari he hadn received u,c.
tlce; 'iIu Ihc cUuit "hau urtrr allowed the
tr-lim)Hy ui the slN year old Ciid upon
which he WAS cnnvirrci'-he didn't do j..
He had wife and four litrlc children. with
no Hiran> at support except his labor HIS
Honor remarked, That Is hard-rhey ar.
more !" hr piird rhnn yuu." The court had
no doubt Of liis gmit, The mon was killed NJ
y1ur house; you may have been in such n
con''l lnn ll'a You do not remember SHAT ynu
III h"t l:ic iHw make. 40 allowance for your
being drunk" The sentence was two wears
hart Labor III the Prnilenr,ary. Appeal taken.
J"r 6indry MAS next had been rriel once
hci"r" I"r >htr':uIg with intent Ia kill, not w.
n's IN wat, t"und guilty, and sentenced 10
Pen'tcn,ary for ten years; got a new hearing
amt v''r,iict "l guilty again His Honor asked,
well, Joe, what have y II got IN say why yo,
should not he srntrnrcd!' Joe could no,
understand piaIn EngIi>lI-he was a French
n,'gro-bul The cuuri continued to address him
III piair English, which lie appeared Ia ui-
eIslaid VERY well. ~ ou ought 10 learn a
lesson from this; ought To learn that you have
u" right To take Il gun and 90 around >hnoting
people Joe thought he had a rirht 10 defend
'Ini-eii ami ght for the tIulis ot his toni 4:
but court reminded him tii,t the law of self
dcirn-e 'lI In aurhofiZr him fn 90 n half mile
To atrihrr mans house to shuor him. .In,
His Hon"r Thought he hal come from thu.
southern part Ot the Stale under a bad char
acrer; bat Joe insisted that he had come from
N"biIr. Ala, bearing IA sputcss character.
"f"n got Yourself INTO another bad scrape and
had like Ia have lost your life, by trying 10
escape from the >hcr II, who had tn shoot Won
i'eire you would stop Il was tired lyin' in
Jul, Judge. well. u send vou where. ynn
wont have To he in jlil, but where they'll
make you work Il cant work much
Way: Il crr.ple and 90. rle,,ma,erzc
II guess they II iind something for You io do;
bat wont he SO hard this iime-i, ; only ons
yc'I Stand aside
AliNheil Mcqueen came 10 the scratch ON
time We'll, Mu,ch,!l What have Won gol To
say! Wet, master. | was drinking and
did take de money in li'rc ffolick aud play;
bot didnt keep H. Dey sarcl,rd me and 90,
il every blI back "rhats right, own u,G
he nidr--but " at about that ,na krt book
you Ind Il dhln | 10 dat, ni,-trr.r What!
yon re not gong I" deny i, aud cet yourself
n,lo the rriii,cniiary, are you!n "Oh no,
master, IL : tut, dill tGke de money; but
member my VIE and poor huIe clindern,
and be light As you can wid me. I've got a
bi9 crop and II amt AL gathered yet-be lipht
wId me ma>trr! Il IN not your master
but am glad To hear yon We got good crop;
hope yo" u he able Ia pay the costs in tins
case. shail send you to Jail'-"Oh, Lord!
master, cant you strike me few licks and
turn me ioo>c?' mo, why don, Won wan,
To 90 TO Jallt You don have to work. and
you get plenty to eat, don, you !' "Oh! un.
maser, wish yOu could see what | ha. 10
eat" swell, you don't have to work"
No, sir only TO shi YER" IN send va.
there Nil the first of December "How Iony
Is dat! "Aboui twenty days" "Oh, Lort!
cant you strike me few licks and turn n,.
loose! NO; you II stay there till the f.>,
Of December, aud if you pay the cost>-~I
don't know the amouni-you'll be ,nr,,rd
loose; if not yonll stay ill the first of Jan:,.
ry"-''flow longs dat?" .'Oue week
after Chri-unas; and if you don't pay tLr
COSTS then You u stay there I'LL the hrs, oi'
February. oh! muster, cant you strike nc
a fe" Inks and turn me iooses' Stand
aside
His Honor next turned his attention in
George TalIey, and tried to persuade him 10
follow the example Of Mirhell; bur he
couldn't see il; he was innocent; he coud
prove it, The court remarked that was too
Thin; he ought to have produced his witnesses
when he WIS on trial. Mr.. Dyson told hi,n
he didn't need them-they wonId do hm
more harm than good. dyson had Prosecut-
ed him for stealing meat from him Was
Mr.. Dyson his lawyer? No, sir, bnr lie
thought he was friend. What did he have,
Nolhlng only his crop. Where was thar
On Mr.. Dysous place. How much would It
make! lie didn't know; there was twenty
five acres in cotton. and Mr.. Dyson SAID 1t
would make n bale 10 the acre. Who bal
charge OF his cr"ps Mr.. Dyson. How much
did he owe Mr.. Dyson? He didn't know
Mr.. Dyson said $3.50. The court wanted Ia
knrw If he ''run with" Mr.. Dyson. No, cx-
acrly, but they we're good friends. What
could he prove by his witnesses? He could
prove 10y his mother-in.law and Mr. Gwyn
that he bought the meat from Mr.. Gwyn.
Was ha whiting 10 risk going to the pc liteIi.
tary on tcir evidence? lie was. lie was
renanded to prison un,i Mr.. Gwyn and the
said nothc rin-law could be interviewed by
the court; and they were all marched back 10
Jail.
| INPUpENcE-A Young lawyer of Indian.