The Ripley advertiser. [volume] (Ripley, Miss.) 1843-1897, 1881-04-30

the Importance Of this case, because
IL involves the fortunes of many
poor widows and starving orphans,
rne defendant Is charged with the
embezzlement OF large sums OF
money belonging to a class of IN
fortunate people, who shonld re
ceive the protection of the law.
Ine Law Is IN de in urder to secure
protection for the weak and help.
less, against the strong and an.
scrupulous. Violation OF law
should be punished; but the pun
ishmeRt should never be- inflicted
un:il the guilty party has had a
fair trial, according TO the forms
III law. 1t is better that ninety
and nine guilty persons should es-
cape, than that one innocent man
SHOULD I've punished. This being
the ease, we can not be TOO cautious
In administering the "law. Our
Constitution declares that no man
shall be required to answer for a
felony, except upon Indictment Oy
ia grand:jury. What constitutes
4such indictment! is the main ques'
ton to be determined in tais case.
1t is conten ded that a I without a
cross is not in fact a 7 at all, and
the learned gentlemen have quoted
lnnumerabl Q authorities which
4hey claim to be sufficient to sus.
tain the m Otion. The court had
occasion at a former term to exam
inc the au thOrities touching this
question. and it considers this a We
~ fortunate circumstance, as it
will greatly aid the court in arriy-
ing at q correct conclusion. In
tie ase of HikOkOlOchuckle VS..
I0kokohichuckle, 1t was held that
Ahe name Of the defendant must be
SO written that.a mar Of ordinary
understanding, could at once tell
what name was meant. Chief Jus.
tice HaOkledooddle, in delivering
his opinion IN that case, said tina:
II was a despisable habit, which
good men often fell into when writ
Ing important documents, to neg
lect TO o their rs and dot their
rs. In the case of C~hangtoOhOo
VS.. Randerbangchu, which was tried
in the Celestial Empire before
Chief Justice Kankalanktoo, it was
held that the twentieth letterln the
alphabet was entitled to ten tails
and seven horns, and that unless
the writer made all the tails and
horns the letter could not be con.
sldered complete. Now the points
decided in that case appear to bear
directly on the one now under con-
Mderation. The particular letter
referred to in that case, is not made
with a pen like it is in this country.
1t is made by drowning . large bot
tie spider in black ink, and then
sitting him carefully down on the
paper. The legs Of the spider cor
responds exactly with the number
of strokes necessary to make the
letter. In the case referred to, 1t
appears that the spider which was
used to make the letter, had lost
one of his legs, in a fight with an
humblebee, which the writer unfOr-
tunately did not notice at the time.
The result was that the letter was
imcomplete-being minus one tail.
Owing to that defect the plaintiff
lost his case, which involved an im'
mense fortune. Now if the neglect
10 make all the tails to a letter rem
ders it faulty, it would seem that
the neglect to cross q 7 would be
unpardonable. Spotted Tail, the
renowned Indian Chief, in his re.
,markable communications TO the
President of the United States, was
yerv careful to dot his i's and cross
his Is. 1t is the opinion Of the
.courtAh that il an ignorant savage can
afford to dot his is and cross bis u
,tla. the Attorney for the state
should be required to do lkewlse'
Q Entertaining this view OF tie case
the court feels bound to sustain Inc
Aaotion. Let the indictment Se
sauashed."
Il auppOse," said Hogjaw, shat
all the athar bils Ee disposed Of
by this judgment, as they are IL the
same category" ~
t.Yes, let all the &ills be cOnsid-
cred as guashed." .
A grand rush was made towards
Mr.. Anderson. by the lawyers and
-sp. c,atOrs; congratulations were
ahowered % him thick and heavy.
dis hand WAS shaken and squeezed
by aiminng friends. de WAS Plac-