The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-07-12
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many years ago 1 went over 10 Eaton. In
Lagrange county. from Goshen, 10 try a
case before a squire. James T. Drake.
now one or The leading attorneys of Go
shen. had the other side of the case. When l
arrived at the 'squire's office he was sitting
in a big armchair-the big armchair where
the court sits Is traditional with the coun-
~ 'squire-with his feet on the table. ap-
parently not caring whether the case was
ever tried. Though everybody connected
with the suit was in the court the case was
not begun. Finally 1 asked the squire why
70 couldn't begin.
""Your Honor I said. can the hearing
Of this case BE- started?'
mot ready yet replied the squire, Ia
conicaIIy. and in the proverbial. deep-toned.
inlortant voice OF the country squire. The
constable isn't here
This was a Few one on me, and l hadn't
the least idea why the constable had to be
there. / sat down and waited another half
hour. getting more impatient all the time,
for L was in a hurry to get back TO Goshen
Your Honor. If you will pardon me- 1
said very, very deferentially, L would like
very much TO get through with this case.
Can We not start?'
"'No. Wen not begin till the constable
gets here said the squire.
Another fifteen minutes passed and the
constable lad not appeared. By this time I
noticed the squire was getting impatient
and a little nervous at the delay. Suddenly
he jumped up anc went to the door opening
on 10 the main street of the village and
called out:
Hear yeI Hear We. court Is now In scs-
sion. On that constable
And we tried the case without the con-
stables presence.
4 most unusual development attached TO
the first case tried by United States Cir
cult Judge Francis +. Baker. formerly a
Judge Of the Supreme Court of Indiana.
After Judge Baker finished his legal educa-
tiOn-that is, hat part he obtained in
Scholastic went into the law firm in
Goshen in which his father was a leading
member.
Here is a case I'm going to let you try,
Frank" said Judge Bakers father one
day late In the summer. Its a damage
suit against a railroad. 1 think you can
take 1t through all right"
n farmer I'm the vicinity OF Elkhart coun-
~ had had a COW killed by a railroad and
he instituted suit against the railroad COM
pany for $40 damages. During the week
that elapsed after Judge Baker was given
charge of the case till time for the hear
Ing in a Justices court, in one OF the outer
townships of Elkhart county. the then in
experienced attorney worked very arduous-
ly and tirelessly to post himself thoroughly
on the law in the case in hand. On the day
or the trial Judge Baker left Goshen on an
early train. carrying an armful of legal
lore. and went 10 the village where he
would try his first case. On the way over
Judge Baker remem4 Bred that one of the
circumstances of the accident in which the
cow was killed was the damaging of the
locomotive which ran into the cow to the
extent Of about $50.
Il will file a counter claim against the
farmer for the damage to the engine he
said to himself.
And so, when the case was called the at
-torney for the farmer found that he would
have TO defend his client against a counter
damage suit. Judge Baker conducted his
case so well that the court awarded the
railroad company the full amount of the
damages asked.
Did you ever hear OF a man shooting
at a deer while he was pulling in a big
bass?' asked Robert n. Brown, clerk of
the Supreme Court. We'll that's the kind
OF a situation Dave Sherrick and got into
last week while we were fishing on Lake
Hadley, In the northern part of Wisconsin.
Our beat was several hundred feet from
the shore. 1 got a good strike and in a
minute felt a big bass pulling at my line.
Then Dave got a bass on his line. That.
you would think was enough to keep us
both busy till we got the fish landed. 1
looked up from the water a minute. toward
the shore, and there stood a young deer.
He evidently had not seen US. | then
picked I'D my revolver. Watch him run.
Dave l said. At the first shot Mr.. Deer
jumped about ten feet and was away SO
fast that when L shot the second time he
was out OF danger. You understand 1
didn't expect to hit him. L Just wanted to
see him jump"
Deputy Attorney General Cassius HadIey
was once 1.-THE law in u Kansas Justices
court This happened when Mir. Hadley
was county attorney at Scottsburg, Kan.
He was prosecuting a case for the State
in a Justices court and Link Cravens, city
attorney at Madison. Ind, was represent
ing the defendant.
w had been going it for several hours"
said Dir. Hadley. and the proceedings had
evidently tired the squire. so he tried to
end the hearing quickly. This is what he
said:
IN say to you gentlemen. Hadley is
the county attorney and what he says will
be the law in this case. Hadley is our off,
cial adviser. you know
Your Honor, I'm the prosecutor now.
not the county attorney. nor your adviser.
and you will have To decide yourself what is
the law IN this case 1 said. That was a
thunderin' position he wanted TO place me
in. We went ahead with the case.
The case was decided in favor of the
State. The eud was the same as il / had
been the law you see. bat not quite so
with the means"
\ little girl. four years old, whose home
IS on the North Side. shocked her mother
very badly TIE other day. The little girl
has always been told by her mother that
her Creator is with her every place she
goes and knows and sees everything she
does The child has a pug dog-Prince by
name-which is fond of it's mistress.
The other day the little girls mother
dressed her UP In her best gown and told
her she could so over on Pennsylvania
street TO spend the afternoon. with one OF
har Girl frf.uIa III. pt,r xras,b.1 III ~.