Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1901-07-03
It? Verify, charity hideth a multitude

But this Is enough on this subject. 1t
Is too hot to work in the garden and
so l get in the shade Of the vines on
my verandah and ruminate. Judge
Griggs, our honored member OF con-
gress, tells that story on Colonel Liv-
ingston and he told another that will
make the old men forget that it is t.
for they never get too old to enjoy any
story that has q pretty woman in it.
One OF the lastl cases Brought before
the judge was q young unsophisticated
country boy who was charged with an
assault upon a bonnie country girl in
that he had caught her at the spring
and Rugged and kissed her against her
will. Her mother saw it from her paz-
ga and heard her scream and saw him
run away to the field where he was
plowing. She was very indignant. and
prosecuted himS She was the witness
and SO was the girl. but the girl dident
| seem very vidicative. She said
he dident hurt her but took her by
| surprise. She had filed her bucket and
was about TO go back when he caught
he, and hugged her and kissed her
right on her mou-.i. The solicitor closed
his case. The yoiing man was put up to
| maks his statement, and all he said
was that she looked 50 sweet and pref
ty, he couldent help It and he d!dent
believe that Miss Molly was very mad
about 1t nohow. ior she went of sing
ing OF hymn. rWhat hyme was she
singing?" asked the Judge. Il don't
| know" he said. What hyme were you
singing. Miss Molly?' asked the Judge
She smiled and said 1t was The Lord
Will Provide" The judge charged the
Jury very mildly, and told them that
an assault implied malice. etc. but as
| the jury couldneht see where the NAL
ice came in. they came back with this
verdict: I'VE. the Jury, find the defend
ant not guilty, as there was no malice
or hate in It, and we recommend him
to the mercy OF the court" This story
reminds me of John Rileys verdict in
the Pass case. Good Old John Riley.
| pressroom for years and years. and the
| foreman OF the jury in the case of the
state against Romilus Pass for hog
stealing. Pass had been suspected of
| killing Wallis Warrens shoats as they
ran in the woods, and SO Wallis laid for
him and one evening about dusk, when
| he heard rifle shot. he slipped up and
caught Pass in the very act OF putting
| the shoat in sack. Wallis dident go
| to the war and managed to save his
stock. Pass went. and left his wife and
! three little children TO the mercy of
| God and the community. When he re-
| turned he found there was nothing left
to live on. and one OF the children had
died. Judge Wright volunteered to de-
| fend him, and introduced no evidence.
| but had the last speech. will never
forget the tender pathos of that speech
his picture OF a poor soldier return
| ing home to find desolation and de-
| spair. He never alluded to the evidence,
| but had the jury and the court in tears.
| The Judge charged them as fairly as
| he could and they retired In a brief
| time they came in with this verdict:
Whereas, the late, unhappy war re-
duceo many OF our brave soldiers and
their families to want and poverty by
reason OF which They were forced at
times to wander in the woods for such
game as they could find In ordeO to
keep the wolf from the door and their
little ones from starvation: therefore.
we. the jury. Ind the defendant not
guilty. John Riley. foreman"
by gracious," said Wallis. they
found Pass guilty and then pardoned
him" Judge Wright never LOST case
where b" had the last speech and a
woman or poor man was his client.
But 1t is getting n little cooler now
as the sun nears the horizon. | must
stop and turn the water loose on my
garden. The city has no water meters
yet. and can steal water with impu-
nifty. but as the niger preacher said to
his flock, You mpsent be cotch ed
stealIn' chickens-cotched. | say.-Bill
ARD in Atlanta Constitution.