The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-11-02
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You know the Italian custom OF vendetta and h. #
lent it is" said lawyer. "Well, had an Itai;ar y .
once in negligence case whom was sure would Y Il
good The accident Ga shock OF elecricitv 3
nail in the platform OF electric car beins {,
against which my clients foot had come as he %, I
carr had happened right in front OF the dagos fr,;
the dago had seen it. He admitted he \ b
my client, had him stop the car and start Il
but further than that he could not be got to 90 k
had been "a great fash of electricity as the sboot
into my clients body, and it was simply impossih,r s
the dago standing not ten feet away should not bs
it. But / could not get him to acknowledge II MI
would say No nutne And this he -,
and over again. Finally asked him point blsrt
he would not tell His reply evoked ripple Of a.
from the spectators, and the judge smiled M
son he gave was: No nuttng, livea long n
IDENTIFY had knowledge OF some Of the vendetta do;nc
countymen and had been trained by the maha to 4 +
Of giving testimony in court and although this was No.
civil with Italians malta in it, the oid NJ
thought it safest to follow the General rule of NUNS
word in court for the dago who tells in court what 4
seen Of the mahas work shortly thereafter at night I
through the back with stiletto"
"Of course you've heard the story of the countrv NJ
who when told he charge the jury said that s III
were hard he'd be lenient toward them and onlv i d
them twenty-five cents apiece. We'll the story ~
tell is OF a city Judge" said second lawyer "Thi.
judge charged the jury not quite absurdy as the
try judge but very quecrly The trial was long n
lasted until night The judge tired and fell asle
the bench. At about o'clock the lawyers had ~
finished and the clerk around to the side and cl
the judge by his trousers leg, pulling it gently Tpl
judge said the clerk in stage whisper, wake IN
time to charge the jury The old judge yawned and rub
his Then turning the jury, with his face all III
cred with humor and yet with a sort of guilty loot
chd's when caught stealing jam, the old judge N
Gentlemen OF the jury, ! reckon you know more an
this than l do Retire and consider your verdi
That was all the charge he gave them"
Everybody likes see a bully called down. but ,o
how other bully is often allowed to play his psB
long time before any one takes him in hand The MI
sort of bully, said third lawyer lis the bully Of
bar He budozes the Witnesses hcctors it over the M
members of the bar is hercey aggressive with oppo.
Portable he l witnessed an incident in which !
calling down operation delicatey done as possa
and yet effectively wtha The bully OF the bar had II
very offensive all day. He had shouted the witness.
had snorted and shifted at everything that didn't 20
had derded his opponents authorities and had treat
that distinguished counselor with all possible rudenes,
reference in his address the jury with the utmost
lence Of speech within the limit that would Justify K
courts sending him down for contempt When his bersa
opponent to reply he began May it please the col
and gentlemen OF the jury, the speech of my distinguish
opponent reminds me of the play within the play of eN
summer Nights Dream, when OF the characters al
the other Haze you the lions part art? and the reply
made No. " IS nothing bnt roaring / can do it ex til
Pore. Judge, jurymen, lawyers, spectators everyh1
laughed and the discounted expression on the buys Fl.
showed that he fe that he had gotten the worst of it,