The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-02-26
Four Lawyers Raise Smoke
 Screen m Judge Abs Court
nv CHARLEs H, MANDY

"Jedge how can l tell what hap pened if dat lawyer keeps on 'jectin' toe what 1 says
 That's lawyers preFosative and privilege. Go on with your testi- mony."
 ''I was settfn' on mah poarch when dat black skinned gent'elman comes erlong an says toe me, Is yo' mar ried, an l says I sholy is,' den he says. Does yo' live hear an l says I sho' do den he says, Is yo husbdn' home an 1 says no but he are diie right now. Wid dat he gets often de poarch an says dat he IS comin' back toe-morrer."
 What reply did you maker
 T tole him dat l war'nt correspond in wid no man while l is married and wid dat, off he goes"
 Was your husband in sight"
 "Nossah but de nex mornin' dat man comes back jest after mah hus- ban had gone toe work. Was playin' de grsnnyola when"
 We object"
 "objeetion sustained, the playing of the gramaphone should be pro- hibited during working hours. fso- ceed."
 "Jedge dat nigger comes in nah house an throws back his coate an ne idS lN U UiS bno oAi OPPNo wa him. Conan, he says, yo' is either goin' wid mo or l is gwine toe mahe hell a present of yo. At dat starts toe grab poker when he hits mo wid a. gun an l fell out. When 1 wakes up I was in his house which was little piece down ds alley. An dats ali 1 knows ontil nah husban come"
 The. husband of the woman was the next witness called. Tell what you know about this case" said Judge Alb,
 "Jedge, when 1 went homs ali missed nah wife l 'spieioned dat somethn' war wrong, so l goes toe CT fortune teller an he lote me mah wife was in CT black mans house, near toe whar I iyed. So 1 had in nah min what nah wife done told me bout that Amos Jones comiu' and 'busin' her. So I goes toe his house an knocks on de do. Who dar1 he calls, hit are me- l says. Who is me- he asks. den l says I was de 'oomans husband what he mad kidnapped, an dat if he didn't open de do 1 was gwine to kick hit in. He lowed dat l thought have no trouble gettin' in but dat 1 would sho have trubbie gettin' out. At dat l bust in de do an me an him cuts loose wid our guns, an for CT mint dat alley sho' was lit up.'
 You got your wife I suppose.n
 "Yessah jedge I winged him bout de fourth shot. and jedge de shoot in throwed often mah wife de spell dat he had cast on her, and wid dat Itooks her home"
 The state rested at this point and after consultation the defendants lawyers decided not to put him on the stand.
 This case is purely a matter Of law and we desire to read to your honor some extracts on this particu- lar kind of case. There has been nothing pertinent to the regesta brought out in the evidence submit ted and we demur to the evidence. and move to exclude all of the testi- mony, we move to quash the warrant and plead in short not guilty by eon- sent"
 Are you going to do that all at one time?'
 If your honor please. We insist on each one of our contentious and will now proceed to read the law in the case"
 You needn't bother yourself as know the law already. However I will give you hearing tomorrow morning at o'clock at which time l will allow each lawyer in this case five minutes in which to advertise
 In the meantime, Sheriff. Jack have the defendant safely guarded. believe he is a veteran. and has war service stripes, those that go around the body. Look up his record in the doomsday book and let me have his pedigree in full. Next case"