The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1897-05-26
heavily on their hands.

How would it do, fellows" said
Doc Miller ut length, Ito wake up the
jury and take another vote?"
Good idear answered Asburv.
And I've got way to wake EN-, "
continued Doc. 'Wewill use the hose "
There was we'll at the curb Just in
front of the stairway with "A force pump
i'll it. The hose, which two or three
merchants used fer sprinkling the street.
was eoiled up at the curb. They took it
and mado the coupling and carried the
nozzle end around the corner under the
courtroom windows. Asbury held the
| nozzle pointing upward while Doc and
the other man applied their strength to
the pump handle The Jet of water
mounted higher and higher until ii
was above the windows, and then, with
the precision and care that woman
bestows i'll watering her flower beds, he
trained the stream into tho first win
dow, and then the second and the third.
Two Of the sleeping jurymen at a
window recovered their presence of
mind after their shower bath soon
enough To look ont and see Asbury he.
fore he had made good his retreat
around the corner with the hose, but
the canes and other articles they threw
went wild by several yards.
When the runaway members went
up stairs, the jury We're thoroughly
awake, and they took another vote,
with the same result--5 to l. The argu-
mcnt was resumed with vigor, and the
constable, who had come back, was i'll
Vited Ill out Of politeness and permitted
to take part i'll the discussion. At 3
O'Clock they took another vote, and the
constable, net being allowed to partici
pate, went back into the deputy prose
cutters room Ia sleep
Doc Miller was getting restless
You can do as You plcnsc about
coming to averdict, y he said. but I've
got to go and see some patients in the
country. You fellows can take your
time fer l.. I'll be back about noon "
And an hour later they saw him driv-
ing away.
The old squire was out early The
foreman saw him walking up the street
and called him from window To come
'stNh s'A' fiN' 'ii' III 9bllit iii ti'I III
structions
"Whon we started in E.. said the fore
man, when the old man came into the
room, I'VE had II iuNmon Now we
cant count out but II, and we can't
come to u verdict either
"Whcro is Doc asked the squire.
Hes geno Il hig efcmt into the
country and sad he would he hack At
noon -
You don't say If that amt ncryel
Well, I'll guarantee he don't run away
from another jury
But 1t WAS the constablc's fault rs
much as anybodys. He went of and
left us. -
The squire was II comparatively new
man III the administration of law, and
the situation WAS becoming entirely too
complicated for him to unrave He
went away to consult the deputy prose
cutor In Il short time he came back
and called the fapenen cut
You didn't come anyways IL ar 10
All agreement" he asked
No. "
lyon think there's no chance of com
ing to II verdict when Dee gets back -
No Every man has made his mind
up The vote il always the same
to D.
The squire pulled his eaid thought
fully
Purity badly mixed up scrapc, - he
said. ~ cant for the life Of me see any
way out Of it, only to dismiss the case.
Here come the boy and his fathernow.
Mr. Harvey was disappointed ON
learning chat there had been no verdict.
Squire, he said, we've got work
ON hand that 5 pressin, and | wish we
could stop this thing night where it is
some way.
"Ycs, asscntcd the magistrate. II
wish we could get it of our hands too "
How would 1t do, -" suggested Mr.
Harvey, for Ludovic to step in right
now and plead guilty and pay it Off? Ii
wouldn't come very high, would it?'
"0h, no, said the squire eagerly
here WAS II happy solution of the diff
Guilty. "I'd be as easy ny ] could on
him.
So the ease was closed on that basis
The law was satisfied and the dignity
Of the court was maintained, although
it had looked squally for awhile. Chi
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