, 1876-02-03

thtbRt anu to-dAY, "hlIo the si0Fotnor. I,lcntcHs
an..Governor, hocretar7 Of State, Auditor,
T1eaht,rer, and ali of tile Judges, aro paid asa-
~. slr. Freeman enjoys monopoly Of reporting
the decisions Of tho aupromo Court (ohe Ut thu
worry bout oh!cot In tho ststo). and chstKss
Income Ia large, and On the publication Of
each yotuma 10 promptly delivers GOO Yolulnea
to tho btaso. draws tho caah and stfts tho bal
anco Of Ills edition at hts ieanse. fio accounts
part Of l,o General Assembty-Indeed, regardn
1t ~ very impropct-pockots tho proccods Of hts
books, and roade ovcr Bee. u, AIT. x of tho
Conhtitutloo NTH compaccncy thai rendora
lin = mode! to sIl ot!1ce-dolders. And this Ia
not all. Tho price which ho charges for hin re-
porta ID abont ths highest Of Aay Of tho rctosta
In tho United Bthto.. and In times llko ttasc,
whom threatened With = Whole library By this
prolific author, tho profession may well start
back appalled,, and ask their cIcnts, "lios s
youf personal 2"
so much tor tho reporter. Tho reoo.. ,holf
contains number Of cafes of Importance bnt
among tho most important Ia tho cAao OF tho
City Of Hoardstown VI. Tho City Of Virginia. y.
81, which decides that tho Constitution OF 1870
docs not authorize all persons who at any time
bocasno electors bY virtue OF tho Constitution OF
1913 to vote, or that every person xho wAs Or
bocamo an c1ontoF under that Constitution shall
10 30 entitled. It only authorzes those persons
who were electors on the 1st day OF April. 1sa5.
Alions who were minots on that day wore not
electors, Rut consequently ars not ulada voters
County Courts ca1 now naturhltze foreigners.
which could rot bo done prior to tho adoption Of
The Constitution Of 1870.
,re TIE =; sas e. TsanDE r To F,' ss Ns'o9.
fatally Is entitled 10 81 exemption on tho pro-
coss Of gasnislment to bis wages to the extent
Of e25, md undor another proyn[on OF the E1.
cnption laws to eloo besides, whether money or
other property, making in all 4l25,
Tl1e case of Tuck VI. Downing. y. 92, is doubt
lass dpcded correctly, but It upAolda the old
| docsribo Of human depssvsty aud that QUO may lie
worno than Jiultoy blanchard aud yet, legally. bo
court lays: Il one haa horse, aud, propos-
luz to soil. shall Assert that !ls paid fl,t0O for
him, when the bill Of sale expresses
eonsldarsttyu co. 81 =, Of sioo only, Il eau
| s200, aud that ssoms greatly above hs vsnp. can
| hope 10 rescin1 tho contract OF tho ground of
| such misstatcnloat;" and tho Court then
nalyely adda tlsas such "att'ilce ss usual and
nIos aSst' ~. .hsao rssy ~s' hs s z e9s % n G
| TO the ecslpors IN the Board Of J'rade-And thu
bigGor tho liar tho bettor tho salesman. No
Wonder tue riblo il not wanted in our public
| achoolB.
illustration Of the worklhen ut tho criminal law
fl this State. In this State NO have a statute aB
| follows: "Jurics 10 hll criminal cases shall be
Judges Of tho law and tho fao.." Now Daniel
the Jury Was Instructed that II they believed
| that q cetthln witness Ind knowingly sno.n
falsely tn regard to material point. etc, that
they ought to disregard hin Testimony, Thts
| the Supreme Court SAY waa wrong. and TINT tho
Jury should haTo been told that they might dis
! regard bis tosttmony. but 1t tho jury wese the
judges Of tho law aud tho facts. what right hss
she supreme Court to intorforo According 10
| the statute they decldc whns Ia Law snd what ID
not and tue Judgment should have been either
affirmed or tue etatuta Repealed. bit IL tho law
Of the Jury had not boon thus orcrrutod Daniel
| would havo boon hunc. It NOS indeed case OF
"ought md "mighs, ,"-and might prevailed.
| Tho next case Of Importance IL the cnse OF
JOHN Amaun Va. Tho People. John had been
indicted for selling liquor to minor. uuder tho
namc Of John Ammon. He died plea In abste-
mont, sayin: that he ditln't spell his namo tha.
war; that ho epols It with m ia" instead OF IN
''o,"-thus: Amnnt, instead OF Ammon. The
| word John was spoiled right. Tho Court betoa
| found 1t mus the Bhrao individual that Was doing
tho spelling. and hnod him ~ aud sent him 10
tntl for ton days. Tho Buprems Court say that
thiH was wrong, aud thkt JohtI ought not 10 have
been either fiued or imprisoned on account OF
tho baA spelling. The next Legislature ought
to provide State npo1ling. school.
10 much for Scyenty-bix. What Freeman nav
hare in btore for us in tho nina unpublished vol
umes know not. It would not susprsac nc to
| learn that nike Mcdonald had been osnonlzed a
| snint. and at hts noxt Arraiglmrnt should be
known as st. Michael.
| Tllo bulwatks Of our Nborties-arB tho Lax
icons4 "bpxIL-DuuSD.'