The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1894-08-01
honor please, am entitled TO the con-

honor please, J. am entitled TO the con-
clusionl'
Beg pardon, major; beg thousand
pardons. I forgot the rules Of court.
Yes, you are entitled to the conclu-
sion."
In about five minutes I tore Tom all
to pieces, and Perkins hurriedly wrote
judgment for the plaintiff, as he re-
marked: "Gentlemen, the court " ~
right at first, and man generally is
especially woman."
retired in good order, and was rumi~
mating in my Office when the constable
came in and said I had better 60 back
to the courthouse, for Tom Aleck was
up and speaking again, "Speaking
about what? said I. He has got up a
motion to reconsider your case," said
he.
hurried back and got there just in
time to keep Jim from reversing his
last judgment. The last speech always
got him. Glorious fellow, Jim. He has
q good fat Office now. He is out in
Colorado feeding Indians for Uncle
Sam and / know he feels we'll and
honest.
The first case that Tom and T bad
was SANDER case. Tom had sued a
man in Justice courts for $50 worth of
slander and I was employed to defend
him. Neither of US knew that justice
court had no jurisdiction of a slander
case, but we tried it and Toms client
got verdict of two dollars against my
client and the jury made me and Tom
pay the cost. But our next case was a
big one. Old Wyly Pearce had drawn
a wild lot ofland up in the mountains
and had never seen it. One Gay a
stranger called on him and bought it
for $40 and Wyly made him deed.
Next day another stranger came to see
him aud wanted to by it. Wyly dident
tell him be had sold it, but asked him
what be would give and the fe]ler mad
hi.u an offer of fifty dollars. Wyly
couldn't stand the temptation and sold
it to him and made him deed. Not
long afterwards the last nan came
back there and employed Tom Alex
ander to tear old Wyly all to pieces for
swindling and making two deeds for
the same lot. Tom got out enough
warrants to send the. old nau to the
penitentisry the rest Of his life. He was
terribly alarmed when the law was told
to him. He returned the man the fifty
dollars and gave him sixteen notes for
thirty dollars each, and one foT twenty
dollars, making in all five hundred
dollars, to keep from being prosecuted
and sent to the penitentiary. The old
man was abundautly good, but wanted
three months time on the notes. Be-
fore they came due he had got over his
big scare and came to see ME about his
trouble and said he would give me a
hundred dollars to clear him Of the
notes. / dident know how it was to be
done, for I had always heard that it
was mighty hard to swear offa promis-
sorry note, but consulted an old law
yer and be put me on the right track.
So when old Wyly refused to pay them
Tom sued him in Justices court, and l
plead that notes were given to COM
promise a criminal prosecution and
were void, and produced the law and
gained the case, and then old Wyly
threatened to prosecute the fellow for
compoupding felony and soaring him
into giving the notes, and the fellow
ran away that night and never paid
his tavern bill nor Tom his fee. That
is tne worst trick / ever played on
Tom. But he paid me back row and
then, aud reckon we are abont even.