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

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Ied; and wAilerh he was go4e.bthe de.
teeEndaant Carried Iof one piece Of The
bacon, The defendant had tried
Et6bHya side Of tie meat, but VA Wan.
ted II ION a creditS When witness
refused tosell il without the cash
in adNapeepand defendant propos-
ed to pledge,his coat, hat and pock,
etknife, until he could pay for the
meat. Witness rejected this. prop.
losition as a matter Of COURSE. De.
fendan! said his wife and children
,were all,siok, and that he was funa.
bic TO work on accountOflll health
He further stated that his, family
were starving to death, and begg,
ed me to let him have a few
ipoundsrot the bacony7 saying that
he would be sure to pay me as soon
as he gotqble TO work. i ofnourse
iejected, all such popsensical prop
ositionS, and went to the shop
with my broken" Wheel. When |
returned, Hound that one ddfi the
piecesyofibacOn was gone. Invent
directly TO- defendants house, and
found the stolen, piece, of meatw
| meyer in all the days of my life
! wanted ochoke a man as bad as
did that witness. ,15 ~ 179"2thl =.
| -"We rest here for the State" /"
said Mr. Outlet as the iNillainous
witness took his, seat.ed .,uoa .f
"Will introduce D., Mrs. McCay
now," said Col. Buff, a.,
The poor lady vent into the wit.
ness box, while the little twins fol.
lowed clinging to her skirts aud
trembling with fear, while he
wrinkled faced child in her arms
kept tugging at her breast in the
vain hope Of appeasing its hunger.
~ .My good wolhah,p said hCol'
Buff, t'pleass tell the court and ju-
~ wgIhstI.yqp know about this
p Mrs Mctoay wiped the ii "ffq5t15f ffaqs5t1-5falll. t.
ing tears away With hersIeeve, and
with a low tremdlous voice, sound
ing like the cooingzof adove; said;i
ei'.Myhqsbapd isla railway eugin.
eer, but on account Of failing health
he was compelled to, give up bis
place on the road. Our money
soon gave out. for we have a large
family, and we were all sick. We
parted with everything. we had, in
order to pay house rent, DOCTORS
bills and buy provisions. Ny faith.
er died leaving an estate worth ten
thousand dollars | was his only
heir, and was entitled to the entire
estate--my mother having died
ten years ago. Iiwas the only child.
Mr.. Anderson was appointed ad
ministrator, and took the money
into his possession, and has made
way with it; so we were LETT "pehni
less and starving.bnI was able to
keep the children from starving as
long as I-could work, but when my
health, failed and my husband took
his bed, we could no longer keep
the wolffrom out door. An angel
visited our house one day, And gavG1
us provisions and all uwel neetlsd
then. She ,kepta coming 10. oOur
house twice alweek, giving Us plen,
ty of everything, and bringing
a. good doctor TO see us. AS
long as this good angel continued
to visit US, we got along very wen
but they put the dear thing in Jail,
then We began to stalve." asl. n
TThat was VIOLA Eddie" whis-
pered LBtlie as she caught me. byL
lAe arm, While her eyes were filled I
With tears.ioD ,aiii 8Gmhniil d
b Mrs. MeCaya now broke down
completely, and burst llnto aoftofI
%slf III court 6atrtinpl please" ase said MI
Outlet, Kit appears that this u'h-
lady does not know any.
hing about the facts of the casey
While ! deeply sympathize with
her, ! must ask the; court TO let her
stand aside" /
a"I consent to .this,' said Coli
Buff, ''andI regret to say that we
have no evidelIcei4oi offer for the
lefence.i IhaEe1thsrefore advised
,he defendant to Withdraw his plea
)f not guilty, and throw himself on
he mercy Of the court, To This
10 has given his consent, and I can
,nly begyourHonor TO FIX the pun.
shmentas light as you shall think |.
lou can do; consistently with your
,ficial duty. This is struiJ q hard
,ase, such 2 one asappsals in strong
erIns TO the mercy Of the court" h
"Have you any reasons to urge,