The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1882-03-02
for TIE HEEALD.
Recollection and Impressions
oT@ Srrynan.

ElzStSS pzSsSC tzbS E.SIS1LS4 ~. va t'"S
si.loat sTer si,:jng Oh . jaty 1s tsi, that
ne Tere ths .efose g tie: material Of
shicE jurors are made. Eat, 10 oar 4s,oi'.
ishmea,, ne vsre samDoasd ~ juror znd
ae:ssBy ss, on tro erin,iasl esses Well,
tae eriaiaSi basiHess oTer and t< eor-
yic:s Se.,ercet, the civil b1aoess begsa
by en- lsrHling tTo jariss. You .;or tire
usrnss ere drawn froa eo.sted hzs bJ =
snz!i boy, the E.s, twelve asfaes dr=ru
coapssjag the arst jafJ, OF jury SO, !, the
SEX, t1siss ,as7 20. Z. j. sa hxppeted
that err nztae c<me III Dataher u, and,
oh, ne I.i. 70 fnpch out Of ~1rts tia, We
did no: get oo the saperau,oer&.y lit; out
10 IL ws~ snG ne took or sezt. Imagine
Our sorprise At being as&ignsd 70 sest On
tie topwost round 10 the ladder. With
dstereree we occupied tie posi.ion assigned
as, feeling thst the measure Of onr respon-
sibiii.y ~&s indeed full, and aIso feeling
dsggess toward that official who recon-
ueaded our appointment. It IL veil TO,
hi,n that he had 10 err 70 eone before
jury 30. -. Regarding the appointment
ss concIusiye evidence Of the extreme
weskIeSs III oar body, ue resoired 70 Gerry
Of, what ne hare eHdeaY0Ped 10 make Ile
rule Of Our life that 10 10 do what ne con-
ceiye 10 be right and let the consequences
take care Of themselves for, Of cour>e,
both parties will not be s4tisGed with the
deeislon Of any jury. Well, next comes 6
csse the csuse Of action ia read; TO like
wise the answer, then the testimony; after
which the arguments. And we with TO cay
that we were particularly struck with the
similarity with which the Counsel would In.
trodpes their line Of argument. Il was al.
most invariably about this way: "Nay it
pIesse the Court and gentlemen OF the jury:
This is & very plain care aud 10 easily un-
derStood that do not feel Ike it IL Deces-
s,ry for the 70 sxy anything, but" (aEd
then Gomez his argument Of 40 hour OF
more longj, f., the cloe Of which he feels
sure "thsl 20 intelligent body Of men will
render verdict tor biz cl;ent," and sit,
down. Then comes the opposing Counsel
with about the sarue introductory: "Xay
IL plcsse the cour. aud gentlemen Of the
jury: This is indeed very plain case, and
il you viii lissen 10 what my friend has just
said you would soou had verdict for him,
but," (then Gomez bis argument, aud winds
up with the same piece OF dattery:) that is
70 say, "GentlemeO Of the jury: ! feel sure
that 80 intelligent body Of men can't fail
to zee the justice Of Our cause and render
your verdict In our favor" Then comes
the Judges charge on the points Of law 10
the case, and We retire 70 make up our yer.
dc. And right here wish 10 soy there
are Come pleasant things mixed In the evil;
for on rendering a verdict Counsel on the
winning side presents the jury With dol
lar t; and on QUO occasion T. burly lawyer
for whom verdict had Just been given
came 10 us with two dollar bill. need
no, say our heart lcaped for joy 1T the
sight; but 70 Our d.smny he wanted it
changed. We, however, denied having
any change (stiIl cycling the two dollar billy,
when 70 our astonishmcnt one Of our men
changed the money. We held an indigna-
tion meeting and resolved that II any one
OF our body should change any more bills
he should re ''put through course Of
sprouts" and disfranchised. The lawyers
must have found i, out, for they ever after.
wards had the exact change. Alter eigh.
days the jurors were discharged, and
ticket for twelve dollars aud mileage tor
one day only was handed US, for which we
realized ninety cents on the dollar, o dis.
count Of ten per cent, which VIC think tho
County ought TO make good; for It does
gcem 10 us that If the County pays any Of
ils debta in cash It ought 70 be TO the indi.
vlduals who are compelled to 60 and attend
Court day after day, upon the failure Of
which heavy pcnnlty attaches, instead If
paying the poor house expenses Ia cash,
and thereby making the individual suffer
twice while the County ..oes not suffer at
oil thereby. We then returned 10 our home
and wonted vocation, feeling very we'll sat.
intcd with our work, save in ono case when
the Judge charged us with the law and Or
dcred us to render verdict which every
man Of us thought To be unjust.
We close By saying that We gathered a
good deal Of information, and feeling, too.
that our estimate Of lawyers as class had
been several degrecs bclow par; for, with
one little exception. VIC saw nothing in any
member of the Newbc.ry bar unbrcoming
gentlemen. JUROR.