The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1920-07-09
changing form of question.

Q. very well, your honor: What
do you know of your own knowledge
as to the cutting of the CLASP"
A. Il know who cut the glass. Pm
wise to the whole Job. And I'm goin'
TO snitch! l saw Le-"
AS the witness began his answer.
Manovitch stirred uneasily The pros.
ecuting officer glanced hastily at him.
then rose.
Il object-stop!" Then, more leis
urely; 81 do not, at present, your
Honor, see what relevancy-on the
trial of the prisoner-er-"
Mccullough scathingly: "Relevan-
cy? Surely if can produce witnesses
and the prisoner is a witness-to
show that he did not in point of fact
break and enter, but that someone else
did"
The Court: Certainly, if"
Manovitch shot final look ct
Whalen. The little rat would. then.
would he? He felt that he was going
safely to the pen, did he? Manovitch
would show him! With sudden de-
termination the burly attorney half
rose to his feet.
Mind you, he had no ostensible con-
nection with the case.
The court stirred in mild astonish-
ment. Wild surmise grew in Whalen's
dilating pupils.
Manovitch spoke to the Judge: "Will
the court pardon me-the stenog-
rapher appears ill"
The judge glanced quickly at the
little man whose pencil had beer
racing jerkily over his book. AS he
did SO the stenographer, with a swift
look at Manovitch, dropped his pencil
the long point snapped-and put an
uncertain hand to his head.
The Court: Are you i'll, Mr.. Fry?"
"a trife dizzy, your Honor. I"
The Court: Perhaps we'd better
take ten minutes recess"
The machinery of the law slowed
down. Attorneys strolled toward the
library, reaching for pipes and cigar
cts.
Whalen frantically beckoned to Nc
Collough and began tense whisper
ing. Mccullough raised a forbidding
arm.
81 am not permitted to consult with
you while you are on the witness
stand" he stated.
The Judge, who had paused on his
way to his little room behind the
judicial throne, nodded slowly and
muttered: "Honorable-to a fault.
After all, suppose it does pay-some-
how-perhaps."
He sighed-a little-at the wrath of
a lost innocency. His god was expe
diency-and expediency being an
earthly god can be approached All
approachable business man, yes; but
an approachable judge-that very
phrase conveys a sinister meaning
In these modern days how can a man
with growing obligations avoid lend
ling furtive ear to-. The judge
sighed and went into his room.
Fortunately he represents a very
small PROPORTION of the bench. just
enough to keep alive the clamor fol-
the recall of judges.
Jim Whalen hungered for a word
just one word-with Manovitch, but
that burly attorney had his broad back
toward him, whispering earnestly to
the prosecuting attorney.
Court resumed.
Nichols arose. May it please your
Honor, in the light of-er-develop-
ments and after consulting with my
learned brother Mccullough, l have
er-decided that the State discontinue
this prosecution. l move that a nolle
prosequi be entered.
The tired judge nodded briefly.
"Mr. Clark, make the entry Case
withdrawn. Prisoner stand up. You
are discharged from further attend
ance upon this court. You are free. -
Mccullough, who had not, as a mat
ter of fact, been consulted, was quite
dazed at this unexpected turn OF
events. OF course, he had felt all
along that his method of conducting
the defense was battering down the
States case pretty effectually, but he
had not looked for this sheer confes-
sion of defeat from the prosecuting
attorney 1t was feather in his cap!
He warmly grasped Manovitch's out
stretched hand.
Congratulations on your able de-
fense!" grinned the burly attorney.
Mccullough beamed. He wished
now that he had consented to his wife's
timidly expressed wish to be present.
Here was his old, dimly remembered
efficiency coming back! Victory!
Two business men padded silently
down the aisle. THAT Mccullough is
surely coming back to his old form
He was astray there for a while.
Trouble in his family, guess. But
he's great stuff now, Some speech,