The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1897-03-18
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Testimony of a Careful Old Man to .
Shrewd Young Attorney.

Testimony OF a Careful Old Man to .
shrewd Young Attorney.
The young lawyer was determined
that if vigilance could accomplish any
thing tho case should be decided in fa-
vor of his client, and so when the care
full old man went upon the stand for the
defense the attorney leaned forward,
prepared to fight every inch Of the way.
"Mr. Johnson, the plaintiff" said
the careful old man, said that If I
would buy the house he would get Mr..
Gimpson to relinquish his lease. He
said he thought Mr.. Gimpson would
agree to &c. l guess
Never mind what you guess. We
don't want any hearsay or guessing.
Your honor Ito the courtb I object to
this witness testimony. He Is guessing
at what he says. We want facts"
Excuse me-, " said the old man. II
was about to say I guess at nothing and
insisted on the understanding being es-
tablished in my presence. So the two
men got together, with me ON hand, to
listen to what they said. I under
stand
oDJtCtCt W . lHSOLl pCtCub. lOuI
honor, we don't want to know what
this man understands was done. We
want what he knows was done. We
want
zone moment" said the careful old
man. II was about to say that l under
stand ordinary conversation with some
difficulty, and SO that there might be
10 error | insisted that they yell out
their propositions in loud tones, which
they did until you could hear them in
the middle Of the town. / am inform
Cd
"Your honor" cried the young attor-
ney, lis our time to be taken up listen
ing to hearsay evidence? He does not
know. He was informed that such and
such was so and so. What we must
have is what he knows about the trade
and whether or not he'-
Il am informed on real estate values,
having been a real estate agent all my
life," the old man said, land I knew
what the worth Of that lease was to the
holder of it. Knowing the facts, ! would
fix his damages at 1882. / believe
"Objected to as a conclusion and as
incompetent. What any man believes is
not necessarily good proof. I don't want
to know what you believe, but what
you know. We must insist on your tell
ing what you know and not what you
surmise or what you conjecture or what
you think or what you imagine. A
courtroom is not a place for exploiting
what a mar believes, but what he is
sure of. think the court will support
me in saying that we don't want to
know what this man believes" And
the young lawyer looked confidently at
the justice.
Il was going to say" said the wit
ness. THAT l believe that is all. "-Chi-
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