Vicksburg weekly herald., 1878-04-12
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sIORal JuFyman.
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Cincinnati Commercial
There was q pause, and Q
solemn stiffness pervaded the Court.
room when the venerable member OF
the bar rose 10 second the resolutions,
He said: "The deceased was q remark
able parsonage In the ranks of pr0fes.
siOnal jurymen. He was an old liner,
patient and steady as Q clock, determin-
ed 10 opinion, ever ready to assume the
cares aud responsibilities of the Occu.
patton be had marked out for himself
In life. Men are prone to falter and lie
out OF II II they can, pleading business,
measles In the family, much infOrma.
ton and prejudice In the case. But be
never shirked. When duty called, he
was always there, and came up pure
aud unbiased as q dove.
81 doubt that we shall ever look up-
on his like again. Others may emulate
bis example, aud by great experience,
devotion TO duty aud thorough devel.
opment of talent, rise high 10 the pro-
fession, but who shall take the place Of
him whose lose we mourn? l knew
him long and we'll. We were friends.
Much Of my success In life and In
pleading at this bar l owe to him. He
never fOrso0k q friend In the Jury
room. Whom turn my eyes TO that
vacant and well worn chair at the end
Of the front row, l can almost zee him
as Of yore, 90 calm, so composed, 90
like Judge upon the bench. Tow ard
the last, In the infrmlties of years, be
may have slept much at hls post, and
his hearing been pretty much gone, yet
90 vast was bis experience aud init.
macy with the requirements of bic Of
fee, that be discharged bis duties with
out embarrassment, and In Q manner to
satisfy his own conscience aid one side
OF the contendiDg factions. What more
could mortal juryman dO1 He was
not, you may say, popular
man with his colleagues. He
had enemies, as every man Of
decided opinions has. Some were
envious Of his success. He was, more.
over, a slicker. The bent of his mind
was toward disagreement. He held
his comrades With a steady hand, and
either brought them round, or there
was q deadlock. He was leader of
juries, or be went alone. Hence he in.
Cured disiavor. More than once was
his lie imperiled in the jury room, but
he calmly looked death In the face and
hung on to the last. When, on one oc-
casioD, q mob Of eleven strong men at
tackled him, and hauled him up to the
ceiling several times to persuade him to
submit, his unconquerablS spirit did
not finch. And then, on another oc.
casiOu, when a similar mob bucked aud
Jagged him, aud kept him without
food and drink for Eve long dsys, he
was still for disagreement, and tri-
umphed at last. There, II II pl ase the
Court, was the virtue OF the old school.
And all he asked was his per diem.
"You take jury that has sat
through a long case Of, say two or
three weeks, aud that goes out 10 de.
liberate as cOnsiipated iD bowels and
ill-,empered IN spirit as q scdentary
hen; you lock that jury up In a cold
and cherries room, aud let the Judge
swear In bis charge that they shall not
get out or have q mite to eat or drink,
or change of socks until they bring
in verdict, and you may wager strong
that they will agree, somehow, inside
Of q week. But when the deceased
was among us, this was not safe in-
vestment. He was wonderfully con-
structed, physically and mentally, for
proiracled hanging, In q COW case,
involving $40, he held the jury nine
days. One died OF prlvation, aud
the other ten, emaciated and
half insane, had to be carried into the
Courtroom. This, he frequently re.
marked, was the prOudest effort OF bis
life. Disagreement was the character
istic OF his existence-in the 'Squire's
Office, during long career as Cor
oner's juror, aud then for half centu.
ry, in the higher walks Of justice. lie
was born TO be juryman. 1t was his
sole aim on earth; aud now that he is
gone, venture TO say that, II opportu-
nifty presents, he will offer his services
in similar capacity In the upper
Courts"
Then the Judge ordered the resolu.
tons smeared upon the records, and
the chair OF the departed properly