Show I 1 EVERY XAN MAN HIS OWN LAWYER SELF triumphant VS at the last terin of the Oran orange orangelo geCo co N Y court a very queer case came before the court for consideration which we find reported as 1 follows 01 in the newburgh gazette of tin this s week the people vs james A s allerton T tin I 1 lia was vas it a very ery interest ilig case ien rendered dered so from the fact that the che defeli defendant clan t acted a as a ibis his own lawyer on oil the trial arial without w having n T tile the adva advantage ad niage of being one i of the legal fraternity erdity his t ng up 11 0 of f vh chwe are able to give nearly ik a verbatim report with th the exception of the 11 acting was decidedly rich und and afforded fiur li amu amusement se ment for llie he begaj fal gentl gentlemen emedi arese prese present lit 1 the deft who is a 1 red haired tsih specimen or of a yanke was indicted for an all assault and battery on one mr dodder tile the fads 4 as dival zed upon trial are baj J is ili hi the einy of tie 0 W WW 11 and ort t berv J e a a g er and reide upon the road some arf miles iles above port PoTt jervis e he and the complainant I 1 mr mi dodder are near a on a alunday ilk in febena ry last the deft saw aw the edin complainant pla in antin in tile act of beating his deats I 1 cows alon ili the lii in ganv gortvay and as in an inducement for him to I 1 aft huew a few stones at him one of which as s the com complainant testified fiad struck I 1 him on oil the bade back or of the neck the testimony behil concluded the defendant I 1 addres addressed ged the jury as follows GENTLEMEN OF THE JURY I 1 lont dont know mile much about law and since this trial ila has been going on I 1 have concluded that I 1 ought to to know a litle litile more I 1 oi to apolon za perhaps for appearing in my own defence and will do so by telling you that I 1 foed feed one lawyer and hired ano therm therin this case but tha they il both come up missing when I 1 need j them most I 1 suppose I 1 might have secured the services of some of these otier other I 1 limbs of the law that thai I 1 see around me but having been cheated by two of em I 1 concluded to go it I 1 on my in y own owl hook and here I 1 am I 1 want to tell you gentlemen before I 1 go farther that it is not lot my fault that this ease is liere taking up the time lime of this honor honorable a ble court I 1 think you will rive eive me mejer credit edit for telling tile the truth when I 1 say that it ought to have been tried before fore a justice of the peace it I 1 being better adapted a to the capacities or of uch ruch a I 1 court than of this one after fris difficulty dodder did geta get a warran warrant t for me front from squire Cad cuddebach deback over in ili der Deer deerpark park he then charged that I 1 had insulted him but five or six months has freshened his recollection and lie now says that I 1 assaulted and battered him I 1 believe there is some difference between the two ta vo charges dodder says lie swore to the complaint before I 1 squire Cudde cuddeback bae and I 1 leave it for you to sa say Y whether he tells the truth now in ili saying that I 1 battered him I 1 was taken by a cou constable stable before the squire ard and either because the justice was a hamed ashamed 8 ol of what he had already done or time to attend to it I 1 dont know which it went down two or three weeks after that I 1 was arrested r again and my wife having been confined 1 1 thought it be beat 64 as a dutiful husband I 1 to be be around hudso I 1 got rid of it by giving security ity tor for my appearance to court pyou yon know gentlemen that I 1 am in the employ of the valley all and port jervis ris plank lank road company as ag a gatekeeper this coin pany it seems had sufficient confidence in my integrity and honesty to place me me in in that 1 important I 1 sta station tion and avii even if I 1 should receive and aid steal 1500 of it between me auche company and ita none of dodders doddery Dod ders bus business now when sent me ap along I 1 this road to collect tolls this dodder was one of the inhabitants inhabitant s I 1 fullil there in tho the woods 1 and I 1 for him that he is a very fair specimen of the rest of the population but there any of them that seem all the benefits of th a flank road I 1 I 1 it let out to civilization a class clas of people new never w before real realized izod the idea that there wa was such I 1 a thing PS civilized life and allis dodder is is one of it is a fact thit that soon after ater I 1 moved there young woman 17 years year sold old cum um down out olit of 0 them the mountains us on the plank milk road one day and said aid she md had never been aeu out before sh she e fairly fail ly seemed sur surprised to see a white man and after I 1 asking aski afi a few questions went hick back into the woods this dodder was my nearest neighbor ind and a good dear deal nearer than I 1 wanted him and I 1 been there lan g before I 1 heard that he had bad been beef lying about bacaj f pe pie t to one of the directors and found out that herf he ranted anted to pet get h his is so son u I 1 w who h ci wis was ay sworn or 11 here I 1 minim me mey I 1 iu a my irly aja place p aw he be done lt it yet and ij f apu R dont convict I 1 me I 1 I 1 reckon he wont very focia coca I 1 it wont take I long g to dispose dise of dodder i no 2 he testifies i ht 1 T p saw me throw three ta ree 9 stones atolies at his father and d sawA saw e 1 akl wa wan odge ge on hi hn cross examination antion I 1 he Is a says amaat that lie he was as in his ein in jh atte wood sand alj had to look over a bagh and also over three slab f 4 and nd two stone wills walls well if iche he tells telis thil the truth all I 1 wish jis a aa that 1 I had vo young g Dod odd dars ar a oyes eyes he is cartall certainly tall aly Wre a remarkable bg boy Y and nac cant an t coig consistently I 1 deny his bis 41 3 itin am wil willine lili to admit I 1 t I 1 done R wrong rong I 1 tc tor i throw stokes at and I 1 apologia to all 41 the world and this county particularly for it f the doctors tells us that there a are re two causes for all diseases predisposition and excitability 1 think it was the latter cause that thac moved me to fatone dodder I 1 therefore therefore confess myself guilty of the a assault but the battery I 1 deny and if y you ou find me guilty of the battery I 1 I 1 will appeal from fi 0 the decision to the court of high heaven itself before I 1 will submit to it 1 now gentler gentlemen nou you saw mr dodder and heard him swear against me I 1 asked him a great tany many questions and I 1 was sorry to hear i him answer as lie did I 1 might have ha ve asked him hiim if ile he kill my att ctt and if lie etke to y chicken a beci because luse they trespassed ED I 1 in i n I 1 ills his woys 0 eliere actually the rocks are so thic thick k t that ha at d the brakes dant find their way up through them but bat then I 1 knew he would deny it and it would grieve me to hear him he admits that he was driving 1 my three cows up the road and that tie he struck at one of em but says it was with a SMALL SWITCH I 1 have proved this SWITCH was a a POLE about 10 fiet feet long and about 3 inches across the butt end and I 1 have also proved that when lie he tile the cow FELL it is true my witness coupat swear that the stick hit her he was so far off aut take tile the mow blow and the fall together and we cull giless guess the arrest rest if yon gentlemen roe me point a gun at a man mail tile the TRIGGER see 80 the flash and bear the report and at the same time see the man mau drop I 1 think you would say that I 1 shot him although you might not see sea the ball strike him bun I 1 I 1 i r now the fact is gentlemen that tha oz on Sun sunday dayI 1 was laying 0 on my lounge in tidy my hause when my lily wife said to me that dodder was chasing my cow 1 I jumped jm pad up and pulled on ob my boots and went olt oil of doors and saw dodder and the bows cows coming up the road it is true lie he says pays he driving them but says lie he and tile the dows was b th going along the road croaa in one direction and this w was 3 f is near as I 1 could get him to the cows or the truth but itis it is proved that the ole cows were going ahead of bi hima maud helas he was follo following Nying aber them striking chy at them with this LITTLE SWITCH 10 feet conr and 3 inches across the he butt and I 1 reckon yourl I 1 think he was I 1 during dri them I 1 sung snug out to t beitf dodder stop but he obe obey y my order and I 1 just a stone in ili that direction which abo about ut 10 feet over his head bead dt at the seine same time going toward irm vm while he was coming towar todail le me he paid no attention i and I 1 pung fu ng I 1 4 dodder stop still he mind me pud and the I 1 I 1 just threw another stone alone f but on lie came an all on I 1 went vent and I 1 threw the thier I 1 stone which lit hi I 1 says sas hit him in ili the back of the neck birl which I 1 think is rather stran geas we were going towar oivier pach each other as last fast as we could gp go but buthe lie neve slacked a ek ed up tip anday this time we were within abou aboa eigert glit feet feel of each 0 her I 1 halted and hollered a tile the top of my voice D adder why it in I 1 don you stop about then lie he did and raised thi 10 toot foot switch as if to i itri kerne me I 1 sang out 4 I 1 mr dodder look out you may wollup collup nn mi but isyou wollup collup me with billat illat switch youil you wollup collup an animal hook idere th orator made au all appropriate gesture of the head as in ili the act of hooking booking which was followed ditl shouts and laughter cr that cou continue several minute minutest sJ now geots meu if you convict nie me this corn can caa fine me and JUG me for sk six months a and nd if you really think I 1 ought to be convicted 0 d this assault SAY so go for I 1 aro ani in ili favor or of living a 11 fa 1 to the ings as long as they are laws whether il 1 is the fugitive slave Slav ilaw eLaw the Al abraska billo 01 tile the excise 1 will read load you a litle lax however which I 1 I 1 have I 1 ave just seen in m ao a bojt JT alla T eidd aj tiiu ui iu k yian y ian has a right to defend himself fr frow stif per personal senal M violence olence now adopt know lantor or not but I 1 find it in a law laic bg bak pk a af of tile bar who was it sitting adai the speaker to him that it dt was good laoj iwa well here is an OLD MAN who looks as if lie might KNOW SOMETHING ING and he says this is good uw law now if yu yc u will torn to 0 barbour so something page yontl find that the same docar ne is applied to CATTLE gloat laughter There therefore fafe I 1 take it ir I biad had a right to defend my cows against dod ders 10 foot switch why gentlemen nearly all in my y wealth is iii invested vested in iii thern them 3 cows and you cant wonder that I 1 became a little excited when I 1 saw dodder awl switching them with his 10 FOOT role POLE I 1 am a poor man mail and have love a large fail family lily consisting of a wife andrix and six s ix children which I 1 reckon is doing pretty well for as small a man mail as a I 1 iam im and I 1 could not afford to let dodder avi my in y cows I 1 now gentlemen I 1 dont believe convict nie me after what I 1 have sail but if you on do and this court fines rne me 1 I 1 shall repudiate because cause I 1 I 1 cant pay and if I 1 am jugged bugged for six months mo why these dodders doddery will wi I 1 have it all their own owl way upshere up there but notwithstanding all this iam I 1 am willing to risk myself in ili your hand and if you think I 1 ought to have stood by und and not dons done anything when I 1 saw dodder hammering my COWF why then I 1 am gone in tollgate toll gate and all it is true I 1 am a poor man but not a dinean one the name of allerton can be traced to the may maly flower when she lauded landed the pilgrims on oil plymouth ply mouth ronk among am the passengers was a widow mary allerton with four fatherless children ren and I 1 am dew descended ended from that puritan stock staci and from that day to this there has never lived an allerton who yankee spirit enough to tone stone a a dodder for poling his cows pm im done here the laughing and shouting were exceedingly boisterous in which all participated and it was several minutes mi nates despite e the repeated cries of I 1 order order by the court coart before order cluid I 1 be restored our eloquent and usually qui district attorney fearing to cope with so formidable an all antagonist merely rema remarked ked 4 it is a plain case ac arid aria left aitto the jury who promptly brought in a verdict of not guilty mr allerton Aller toi i certainly deserves dese arves judicial promotion und d wo 0 m move that lie he be app crier of the court I 1 |