The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1889-01-10
WINSTON CROCK CoURr.


W Acil uic JdIlUOT udU DllIluIOlueQ
the goddess and loaded the scales of
justice, clerk Bimetalic Blister read
the Indictment, and his honor Judge
Solomon elevated his ears and said:
.'Cornfield Coontree, yo' is charged
wild breakin' in de sakrid precincts of
a white mans smoak-house' an dere-
fru1n 'stractin' de sum oh one ham O.
hog meat. ledge, look pom de
pris 'ner; pris'ner look pom de cot.
Niger is yo' gilty er not gilty?"
'Do yo' honor talk me iur fool?"
replied the prisoner in accents sweet
and low
sPears ter me-, co'nfield, you is de
moas' abnormully developed fool dat
cher had a. far trial in dis cot OBJ
jestis. Eff yo' is gilty OBJ fecting er
entrunce inter er smoak house an
stealth one ham, Use gwine ter hang
yo' widout de benefit oh clurgy,
sah!'
At this juncture Blackjack Black
stone arose, as counsel fort he accu-
| sed, and said:
'Yo' hon'r, moves ter squash de
Indictment"
"'Pon wot groun's, sah?" enquired
the judge.
| 'Inkumpleatness oh articerlashun,
| yo' hon'r. De Indictment charges
dat de pris 'ner at de bar, wild malls
afourthort, did steal an 'properate'
| unter hissef wun ham oh hog meat,
| when de fac is he tux more'n wun
an"
| sWhat dat / heah?" anxiously en-
| quired his honor "Did de cot
un stan yo' ter say dat de defendunt
tux mOre'n wun OBJ dem hams? Dat
pears ter be a good pint; but de
quesshun now is how menny noah?
In udder wurds, ter put er hyperthet-
icul quesshun: Eff he cum honesty
by de swine wud dere be 'nuf fur de
pris'ner de kounsel and de CO. all ter
hab sum-"
I Defe WuQ, yO non l.
ssDen de case am DISMISSED. De
| objecshun oh de larned kOunsel am
well taken, an de omisshuns oh de
Indictment am cl'arly fatul in not
Stain de 'xact pile. De pros'cutin'
'turney shud be noah keerful in de
futuah. Cot STAINS returned twell de
jedge congraterlates Mister Coon
tree
After a short, but apparently high
ly satisfactory conversation with the
late prisoner, Judge Solomon resum-
ed his seat on the bench and ordered
the clerk to call the next csse.
FoRTY.LEBEN PORE oRFUNs.
Leviticus Lamplighter, a s'colored,
man, well qualified to spit ink, was
thereupon placed in the dock. His
ebon countenance wore an expression
of deep solicitude, and his swollen
eyes seemed to court the application
of raw oysters. The beef-steak lips
appeared to stand in imminent dan
ger of being swallowed by the hungry
curve which adorned an enormous
mouth, and when the doors of the
cavern opened a gutteral sound OF
verbosity was understood to say:
'sJedge, maik de fine a feather
weight eff yo' please, sab. pleeds
gilty ter bein' er leetle top-heavy, but
swah yo', sab, dis chile didn't kno
de ticker wus so mean Wen he drums
it. Use de head of a VERY big family
jedge, an dere's forty-'lben pore
mutherless orfuns, pendent on me
fur DER support. Eff yo'n jest bt
merciful dis time, yo' hon'r, dis mig
ger amt nebber gwine ter get DRUM
no NOAH"
Chow ole is dem air chilluns, Levitt
icus?" enquired his honor in suspi
cious tone.
swell, sab, l doan kno' de 'xac
aig on 'em all. De propri'tors WI
not present wen l cum inter posses
shun on 'eml, and SO didn't hab d
oppo' tunerty of akin; but sum o.
'em kin crow now an er flu kin mail
out to gobble right smart.
A pleasant expression gradual
stole over the benevolent counter
ance of his honor, which lit up wit
an electric-light smile of satisfat
!, ton while he pronounced this ser
tence:
"Lewiticus, fines yo' two par {
dem orfuns-wun par Of growers FL
de cot dinner naix Sunday, an wo
: par of gobblers fur 'xtrer 'casiol
: Dey mus be good, fat, peart, chillu1
too, an eff dey amt delibered in goo
i oder an on time, sab, Use gwine tt
; SEN yo' ter de Staff penertenchery 6
E Rawley fur de ballunce oh yo' Oh
: natral life. Dye heah, nigger?"
/, He heard and acknowledged Sc
e vice, after observing that he though
) the fine pretty heavy for a ''feath'
weight, . and as he vacated the cour
4 room his honor was observed
!, stroke the abdominal part of his ge
erous avoirdupois in a truly judici
and chicken-pie manner.
b LKOPOLD's NEW YEAR GREETIN
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