Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1885-10-09
nHtL,p BAILEY, $50.
Downs the Legal Talent at SedgWiek City
and Proves q Tartar

Mrs. Nellie Bailey has been to Sedg-
wick City. She has met the legal talent Of
that bsiliwick and they will henceforth re-
memember her-veni vidi vici. Mrs. Nellie
has been in litigation for some time, she
has been ginned around in the courts these
many months, and somehow, however
shaken up in the judicial meal sack, comes
up smiling. bright and buoyant, on top.
However eloquent her opposing attorneys
are, or however valiant in ordinary cases,
when Nellie gets forninst them, victory
punches on her standard, and the lights Of
Blackstone are lawfully put de hors.
A reporter has returns from the
last legal contest over the sacred
rights of Counsellor Bailey at
Sedgwick City Wednesday and records an
other case Of victory in the case of the state
of Kansas We. Nelly Bailey, in which the
state was ably represented by County At
torney Green and Charles Butcher, Esqs.,
and the defense by Nelly Baily, Esq. 1t sp-
pears that after one of her victories, in which
she established her rights to certain proper
ty, she went in person and took possession
of it. Now it appears that her adversaries
preferred the charge of disturbing the peace
against her. and had her taken in custody.
She promptly gave bond and remained
ready for trial at any time the case might be
called up. Tuesday Nellie went over to
Sedgwick for trial, expecting to meet her
attorney there. but from some cause Judge
Stanley was not there and she had to argue
a motion for continuance, which
after a spirited contest she gained by COM
promise. On Wednesday she again ap-
peared for trial but her attorney was not
there, having missed the morning train.
Then it was the opposing attorneys antici-
pated great victory and proceeded to cap
ture the fair Nellie unawares. They called
for the jury at once and proceeded to go
into trial at about nine o'clock. Then COM
menced the scientific tactics known to law
yers of strategy. The freight train was due
at $50 and the rest of the talent on the side
of the defense was certain to put in an ap-
pearance, and the prosecution commenced
to expedite the trial by waving all delays.
The jury was called and sworn as to their
qualifications generally. In this exanina-
ton Nellie arose TO the dignity Of true
strategist and examined each one specially
until the whole panel was exhausted
two of whom were discharged.
Then the examination of acceptance COM
menced, resulting in the occupancy of the
court until IL O'Clock. In the challenge
preemptory Nellie had four refusals and
the defense two, and by little fnesse
the opposite attorneys had waived two
challenges and exhausted their number
without removing single man from the
jury. The entire time, from a. m. to go
p. M, was consumed by the organization Of
the Jury and when the defendants attorney
put in an appearance, the case was already
for trial. 1t is sufficient to say that the
case was a thorough walkover for the de-
feadant, and that after the jury was out "A
hours they were discharged without YER
dict, and the case was dismissed, and the
jury invested in all the extra copies of the
frs, sddition of Nellie Bai!y's lite at that
time in Scdgwick.