The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1894-07-23

nieces and Perkins hurriedly wrote judg-
ment for the plaintiff, as he remarked:
Gentlemen, the court was right at frst'
and a man generally is-especially Wo-
man."
no+inp in nv office when the constable
came in and said 1 had better go back to
tbe courthouse for Tom Aleck was up and
snoalsinp again. Speaking about WhatF
said 1. HE has got up motloh 10 recon-
slider your case, sao ne. - :. 49,.
hurried back and got there Just IN time
70 keep Jim from reversing bis
,+ i,drment. The last speech always Sot
linn Glorious fellow, jim. lie mas d
nood fat office now. He is out IN Colorado
feeding Indians for Uncle sam ana Aii'"
he feels well and honest -
Tte first case that Tom and mad was
.londnr case Tom had sued man III
i,,etica court for $50 worth of SANDER ana
T ,yas e,npIoyed to defend him. Neither VI
ms knew that a justice court hao no -. -
dictiop of "a SANDER case, put We 49,
and Toms client got VefulCl VI -" -
lars against my client ana the 'ui t
me and Tom pay the cost. but ou1 w.,
case was a big one. Old WHY Hearce hf'''
Grs1,n a wild lot of land up in the noun
t:ns and had never seen it. one udS -"
straneer called On him and bought IL Aoi
s10 and WHY made him deed. NeNI
day another stranger came to see MN Co.?
v:nted to buy it. WHY dlueill 'Cil na
he had sold it, but asked hNii VIC -
would give and the feller hdue n'4 '1+a,,d
cfIer of fifty dollars. WHY couldn stalit'
tho tan,ntarion and sold it TO him anu
made him deed. Not long afterwards 'i1
LIST man came back there ana eHHploy ""
Ton Alexander to tear OLD Nyly 81 tc
pieces for ssWinding and making Two ueer.'
FOO the same lot. Tom got out enough VA
rants 70 send the old man to the peniten-
tiary the rest OF his life. lie was teiiiol
alarmed when the law was tolu " H..
He eturned the man the MY uoil I,
and gave him sixteen notes for thirty uol-
lars each, and one for twenty oollal9
making in all tive hundred dollars, 10 htcp
from being prosecuted and sent 70 tlic
uenitentiary The old man was apu1Idlly
good but wanted three months tfhe o.i
the notes Before they t s cane 1 and ne cane
to see me about his trouble ana sald ne
would give d hundred hoIafs 70 Gear
him of the notes. | dident know how 1t was
TO be done for / had always heard that 1t
was mighty hard to swear oil Il proInlSSory
note but I consulted an old lawyer ana ne
in Justices court, and plead that the notes
were given to compromise a cr!Inal pre- o.
ecution and were void, and produced the
law and gained the case, ana then OLD WHY
threatened to prosecute the fellow for com
pounding felony and ScafipG hlnl lhto CIV
ing the notes, and the fellow ran away
that night and never paid his tavern bliI
nor Tom mis- fee, That is the worst trick lex, !,
now and then, and [ reckon we are ABOUT
even Young lawyers used to have lots Of
fun IN justice. court; and it was good
nursery to raise judges in. Nearly every
v0une LAWYER in old LaWrenceville got to be
a circuit Judge There was Judge Hutchins,
ST., and his son, the. present judge, and
Judge Alexander Toms older brother, and
two Judge Wrights-Gtb and Bill and
Judge George Lester and Judge Maltbie
There are three young Atlanta lawyers
on a froiic at our house now, hut | don't
near them retailing any justice court anec-
dotes Maybe it is because they are toe
busy with tennis and music and these VI