The Ripley advertiser. [volume] (Ripley, Miss.) 1843-1897, 1881-04-30
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JaWsnL. lawyer, Whlle the spectators
nmlenced to collect in 3 dense
1tr0wd round him. ,J f..
4 ~, would ask the gentleman TO
state the grounds of his motion, if
! Ithe-lcouft please" said Mr.. Outlet,
lin Ms deep, base, sounding voice.
vi course! Of coursep replied the
h6gjawed gentleman; Il was just
fgoihg to give the. desired lnforma.
ton when my friend interrupted
Hle. There isy as we think, a fatal
ldefect in this, bill Of Indictment
An fncurable defect, which. must
be patent 10 any thinking mind. f.. l
am tfnIy sorry to. find such a glaring
mistaks, as We, would have baepi
glad to try this case on it's merits.
! The character Of -Qpr .clieRt, Ais dis
tipguished reputation for honor and
iIte sFsty, his lacerated feelings and
%odhded Pride,iall cryalo0d to us.
Tor redress We teel confidence in
our ability to clear our distinguish,
ed client on themeFitsof thiscass,
and would have greatly preferred to
make the fight on the merits; but
we find the. bill ofindictment so de-
fecLive that we, as lawyers, think it
is a duty we owe to the profession,
sir, to make this motion. Who is
the man Intended to be indicted
under this bill?, Yes, who is the
man! That Is The question: ask.
This honorable gentleman has been
arrested andIdragged from the bol
som of his happy family, under the
impression that the grand jury Of
Shelby county has presented into
this honorable court a true bill
against him, Now, assert that no
such thing has been done. No bill
of indictment has ever been pre-.
sented against my client at all
My cient's name is AnterSbn; his
name cannot be correctly spelled,
without T; and l defy any man to
show imeianyl such. a. letter in this
thing, piscalled ,ap ,iildiqtment.-
Doubtless the writer intended. this
animal for a I, But no gentleman
who has any regard for His reput&e!
'tion would yentureato' call it al. -
The distinguished poet, Ramsquad-
dler, has very eloquently and truth,
fully sald: ,...,,,,..... H..
AS sure as the fog rises. rain. will fall;
L, without cross, is. no 7 at all D.. o..
.ss "Now, sir, if that distinguished |
poet WAS correct in his views, land
no man with a thimblefull of brains
in his head would dare to- doubt it, J |
then, sir, | assert it as an indisputa,
BILE fact that this indictment is de-
tective and must be quashed. la
T without cross is, no T at all, why /
then as matter Ofcourse this mo l.
tion mast pfg%4il!M 1f y6d' eo6sider
that the MS nceTf6ssGd, Itand 1ebfe9
suMe that my steaaiSd itFaR@swht +
the Stale will do that,
then there is no one indicted al
all.% r.
: Hog,jaE harapgued the Cour: for
an hour then MI. Outlet delivered
an eloquent argument against the
.but]he was compelled to L
admit that the 3 was not crossed. |
could see that he felt like he was
under a great disadvantage;
but he insisted that it was a detect
that could be- remedied by amend.
ment. Wien Mr.. Outlet resumed
bis seat, Mr. Rpckland, who had
been sent. for, rose to address the
court in favor of the motion to,
auash. He weht back TO a period
to tho BIRTH 0f Adam and
came down WitHia complete history
of all the laws that had ever existed
rom that time tp the present. HE,
hrst paid bis respects 10 the laws
Of Moses; then took up the Koran
andchewedit'dp and spitit on the
aooy riddfed the laws 6F the Medes
and . PerSians; and when he struck
Blackstone, be, began to throw auT s
Shoritles at the head Qfthe court SO
rapidly that his honor BECAME COM
pletely bewildefsd. He plowVed |
through statutes, quoted decisions,
read Precedents, dashed book after
book behind him. after he had ex-
hapsted their coptepts; thenmoand
ap with such Q flow of eloqpence, as
10 'cenvince every body that the de-
iehdent was d much prosecuted
mans Then he sat down and delibl z
srately wiped the perspiratio1 from
lis brow and waited for the judg-
nent Of the court. Judge Flipout
it0pped his Head on the desk and
remained Silent for Several minutes,
evidently being greatly confused
DIV The vast waves Of slaafnin0 that l.