Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1879-05-15
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JUDGE BOGAN.
HIS MANNERS AT THE BAR AND ON THE


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When Jas. Began was practiciDg lawyer
in Georgia he weighed about three hundred
pounds. He was q short man, and had no
coupling.pole betwixt his head and his shoul-
ders. His back was as broad as cellar door.
Of course he was good.natured man, but
sometimes was very sarcastic in the use of
language before jury. One day he had q
case sease il 9 Justices court, in one Of the upper
counties Of Georgia, and there was little
lawyer on, the other side named Wiggins.
Wiggins weighed about ninety pounds, end
had voice as fine as the E string on lid
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Well, the judge was rollicking along in q
good-natured way to the jury, and made
some illusions that insulted Virgins dignity.
Whereupon Virgins hoped up and bit the
Judge lick on the back.
The Judge looked round little, and says
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aWhat you bout Virgins what you
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"Pm 6tin' r says Virgins. 5eazt.Ft
"Sit down and behave yourself" said the
Judge, and his eyes twinkled merrily as he
continued his rhapsody Of random remarks
Pretty soon he offended Virgins again, who,
rising forward, unanimously popped him
three or four times more, making az much i'm
preston as if he had hit the side Of q house.
"What you bout, Virgins? What you
trying to do?" said the judge, as he winked
at the jury. .yes 9 ,st4jc 40 q 8'.'v5:
II tell you, sir, I'm ftin' !" screamed
Wiggins, andhe popped him again. ael
The Judge reached his arm bach:and gent
ly "squashed" Wiggins down in his chair,
saying: u e7liste..
"sit down, Wiggins, and be quiet, or I'll
take you by the nape of the neck, and seat of
the breeches and throw you up 80 high the
blue-birds will build in your jacket-pocket
before you come down. Be still, / say r. ~
Wiggins "beed STILL" but he studied the
code Of honor for few days, and then went
back to his tailor's trade. a, aa; il, u,
When the Judge was elevated to the bench
he didn't give the juries very much latitude
in making up verdict. If the verdicts
didn't suit him, he charged ''em over again
and sent 'em back. One day Colonel Foster
was defendin' fellow who was sned on
promissory note, and wound up an eloquent
speech with: ., - -. :.
"These are the grand principles Of the law,
gentlemen, which control this case. They
are as old as England, as solid as the Blue
Ridge, and have come down to us untarnish-
ed by the tide of time or the wreck Of bloat-
ed empires, and so will bis Honor charge
you" -. = /.
The Judge was leaning forward, his eyes
sparkling and his mouth twitching at the cor
ners. Hardly waiting for the Colonel to sit
down, he said: - -.... r...r,... :,
"His Honor won't charge you any such
thing, gentlemen; for those eternal princi-
pies my Brother Foster has elucidated have,
no more to do with the case than the Koran
of Mahomet. This defendant admits that he
signed this note, and if you believe him, then
all these dilatory, nugatory, purgatory pleas
that he has ripped up, tripped up, dug up,
stumped up and trumped up, won't avail
him. What do you say to that, Brother
Foster, eh p
"Nothing, sir; only that I am obliged to
differ with the court" said the Colonel.
"Yes, sir, you can differ; you have the
right to differ; but where the court aud the
counsel differ, the court prevails, and that's
the law of this case, gentlemen. Retire and
make up your verdict"
GOVERNMENTS LAST ABOUT FIVE Hun.
DRED YEARs.-The following is an extract
from sermon of the Rev. David Swing, of
Chicago: r
As nations do not rise in a day they can
not be everthrown. There are some singular
records in history. It seems that great ma
ton cannot turn on its axis more than once
in 400 or 500 years. Some of the old States
lying outside the bounds show great uniform
ity in making the time of radical changes in
d ynasty. Egypt was under shepherd kings
about 800 years. Her golden age, when she
iourished in art, spread over 300 years. The
Hebrew republic ran from Moses to King
David-50O years and then came the en-
pire to enter upon 500 or 900 years Of success.
The glory of Greek liberty covered about
500 years. Rome enjoyed all the splendor
of republic for the same strange period
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