The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1880-05-27

.9aXOIUME ,YIII.sb,
ants has aroused the Indignation of every in
diyidual on the estate. There are poor people
here whose forefathers held their little cabins
And matches Of ground from generation to
eensrstion for csnturiss. Inlssd the guam
train below would apply in all its force to him
who. now addresses you:
i can trace back time 70 q far distant date
when my for efathsrss played in your field,
and the farm now hold on your honor's estate
is the same which my grandfather titled. Con-
slider this, sirsand~consider alse-w neither your
'ines1snas1yyoHr tyranny.,yonr .epprsssien
and yosk 0reteasd evicdoSs IN ts borne
such longer BY long suffering tenantfy.
You have now fair warning, and If you do not
change your policy, and that soon, you may
prepare your oonfn, for BY the living God you
will no longer be permitted to cucumber the
earth. Be warned in time,
~ a UT FY flCAPTAx kocK.
The nrst witness called was the vii.
lage postmaster, who also kept a small
grdcery@ He csEers Positively that On
the day spostuaarked Aon the letter, the
prisoner, whom he well knew, came in
70 post A letter, and subsequently pur-
,ohseed seme tsa and sngaf. zAfter. he
we'd 61the dtks' pds;n asles "a athe'
letters from the box (abSmt twenty in
number) and stamped them; he noticed
that one of them Was addressed to- the
landlord in question, but was not suffi-
GENTLY acquainted with the prisoners
handwriting. to say if the latter wrote it
u TfSssl sfbr the .cAsA You ssy
you know the prisoner wellp
Ayes, SIR"
Counsel for Crown-"Mr. Crier, hand
your rod to the witness"
The crier did a. he was direc.ed.
~ MPlace tho rod ON the head Of the
person GSho Y bought the ten Sand sugar
and posted lettsr with you on the 10th
of December, 1843."
3g The itnesstnrned around slowly and,
facing the prisoner, placed the end of
the rod on bis head. This is the man
nsrof identibca tion pracdeed inEnghsh
Counsel for Crown-"Tbat will do"
! Counsel for Bourke declined to cross
examine the witnesses.
-The maxi Witness called was the land
agent or baiIiff on the estate. As he
made hiauappearanfe.sQ some hisses we're
eiven< bnt we're immk kdH tefy Wppressed
by.th CONT. He al etknew the
prisoner well; had seen him write his
name once or tw ce; was almost certain
that the address on the outside was in
his handwriting, particularly. as he had
seen him when writing his name, with
the words "Aughagower, County Mayo"
after it. He was somewhat disaffected
and dangerous. The same mode of
identi6caIiQn followed, and theT Cbun-
sellor B6prk6 took him in ks6ds and
cross-examined him SO adroitly that he
completely broke down all his direct
testimony. Iustead of knowing the
prisoner thoroughly, as he swore, he ad-
mitted hat he only 2w hirh when col
lecting the rents at his farm once in six
month, and then he once saw him at the
landlords; that after paying his rent ON
all occasions, the prisoner scribbled his
name on the back of his receipt, and
added tbe1words "Aughsgower, County
Mayo. ~ He then was compelled to
modify his direct testimony SO far as to
say that he believed the handwriting
was the same, and to this he stuck fast.
Every one saw, however, that the testi-
mony for the prosecution YVES materially
weakensd. GouRseL then asked Ia a.
~ ~ Ana ynu awaFe of !the ,state Of this,
mans mind? Do You think him respon-
sible for his acts?"
Eyes, SIR"
80 Why do you come to such eonclu-
"Well, when he paid his rent he was
always very anxious for the receipt, and
invariably wrote his name and the name
of the village and county on the back"
"You consider that fact an evidence
of well-balanced mindT
could scarcely say what to call it.
1t seemed eccentric to be sure, but then
again it might have been done for the
purpose of identifying the receipts here
after. However, 1 suppose he has the
receipts STILL"
suppose he has"
"Then let him produce them, and
prove his innocence"
Much obliged for the suggestion;
but We do hot Intend to avail Ourselves
of it, even if the receipts were in court,
which they are not. They are safely
locked up at his home in Aughagower." !"
Here the judge was seen to smile iu a
peculiar manner. A number of other
witnesses were examined, but while on
the direct examination they were certain
as to the writing, they were fain to
admit on cross-examination that they
could not positively identify it as that
of the prisoner.
The defense having closed, Counsellor
Bourke rose, amid breathless silence. to
sum up for the prisoner. He commenced
in what was considered, rather funny
way He said, !" Paddy, my boy, just
look at the jury, will you?" Paddy
Is|i||l' ||;|li 4 lilIEs'!;lI|sll Z;
poor Client. you'd not say one word, !,
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gentlemen, I in ret4fH to look