The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-11-24
THAT SHEEP CASE.

From the Louisville Courier-J ournal.
There was quite a gathering of peo-
pie at the old poAohice building in Star
Vile. There was going to be a trial
Old men and young men, all bringing
their dogs, and the rear end of the room
packed with all sizes Of grlnning darkies.
What is this trial about?" / asked as
I hitched my horse. \ fellow with a long
chin and a squirt in his eye came up
and said: IVY, you know, Lem Osborne
cuses Jess Hudnell NV stealth one NV
his sheep. Jess sez he didn't an they're
goin' to law hit. A young lawyer from
town is comm out to 'fend Jess, an ole
Bob Biddles is goin' to prosecute"
went in. The squire, before whom the
case was to be tried sat back of the
letter-boxes and stuck his face out of
the hole where they passed out the mail.
They were waiting for the young law
yer. At last there came a shout from
the outside and Jess Hudnell came in,
wearing a big smile on his face and MAX
ing room for the young lawyer, who was
a self-important looking little fellow, car
arm.
The case was called, witnesses were
sworn and examined, the young lawyer
asking a great many useless questions
and old Bob Biddles, the native jack
legged lawyer, dropping in a question
money seemed to prove that Jess Hudneu
drove the sheep home and butchered it,
When the witnesses had given in their
testimony, the squire said Like to
argy the case. gents2" yes, sir" said
the young lawyer. 'Whar he leads |
win foller,' said old Bob. The young
lawyer went at the case from all points
quoted Blackstone and amazed the
court with his ineXplicable technicalities,
and as he came down to the fin
tone. and said: Jess IIudnen steal a
sheep? Look at that calm and straight
iofMafQ GQuhtem4hce, nose eyes which
glimmer of the sunset sky. All, your
honor il was nothing but the tender
ness of a shepherds heart when Jess
Iludnen found that lost and wandering
sheep upon the highway and tenderly
took it to his fold The sheep strayed
day its bones lie bleaching in some dark
I recess cf ma lures realm. Steal a
sheep? The wandering wind stops and
murmurs No Steal sheep? The
rocks in yonder glen that have looked
: down on generation after genera ton,
throw back the answer in thunderiag
tones, No Steal sheep? ASK the
wife and those sad-hearted children
who sit in yonder cottage awaiting the
verdict OF this court, and their trembling
lips which know no guile answer NO
/ Steal a sheep? ! ask your honor in his
wisdom ana judgment to put upon the
record book of this mans life. No
The audience seemed TO be very much
impressed and the squire nodded his an
prevail OF the speech through the mail
I
Old Bob Riddles took the floor. and said.
! your honor, from the way that this
/ young man talks sheep, ! presume he has
( been to college and got his sheepskin. the
same which ! haven /; but while he wur
/ tallIin' ! wur wunderin what sort of fee
/ he wur goin 10 git out of this case an
/ got TO thinkin' of the time when Joe
Hanks and Tim Jackson war LAWN claim
/ to a mule. Joe went to town an brought
/ out young lawyer TO defend his side.
an they had the mule at the cote house
! door-the onriest lookin' mule Won ever
saw Well. the young lawyer won the
mule for Joe, an after the trial he asked
/ Joe to take him back to town 7 ain,t
got time, says Joe. How in thunder am
/ l goin' to git back says the LAWYER sYOu
can ride the ourn mule an keep him fer
your fee, says joe an l reckon if this
young Teller gifts Jess out of this he'u
give him the hide of that sheep he stole.
! don't know nOthin about the glofious
glimmer of truth, but / know that when
the old Thunderbolt of facts busts i'm the
f skies IL amt no use to dodge an a whole
/ bolt Of il has hit Jess Hudneu Steel a
sheep? Want he seen driVin' it hoine9
" hal fold wur he seen driVin' il to- The
same fold where he drove Ike Jones Mig
1 Steel a Sheep Ask that old Niger who
saw him sknnin IL, an his voice humps
+ itself an saws. Yes, sab Steal a Sheep
. a SIX the breeze that waited mutton smell
/ all over the neighborhood. an ii comes
back an says. Yes, sab Steal a shccp9
7 The bulk Of the testimony says Yes sab .
Z an think your honor is bound TO say the
! same.
Thefqure came from behind the coun-
] ter ana said. ~ have listened to two eler-
/ kent speeches. an under one he would be
guilty an under the other lac wouldn't,