Show ROWDIES A lawyer lip ill a bew trial from our northern correspondent el HERALD LD after a long along reign of peace bace and quiet the little town of richmond Kich mond cache co o has been becia the scene of a which has caused considerable excitement ci cit ement among the inhabitants of that peaceful burg A few da days s a ago a number of the bloods of the town took occasion to have ft a alei sleigh h ride and in their wild excitement evidently caused by the novelty of the thing forgot there was an fin ordinance ti fast driving and disturbing tho the peace an officer at once appeared on th the c scene determined on oil the youthful hoodlums and in order to accomplish the feat of daring lie found it necessary to climb inta into th tho sleigh at the peril of lus life probably A murmur of discontent at once spread through the party of sleigh riders and nd loud cries crico of put him out were acro freely indulged in which were promptly put into force and the unhappy victim dumped headfirst head bead first finst into a snow bank he ile made no further eff efforts ibrus that evening to molest their enjoyment but on the tile following day entered a complaint and the tle ladi were arrested for fr disturbs disturbing ng the peace and resisting an officer tho the trial was had and the youthful offenders were fined and costs for their fun now comes tho tile funny part of tho the story an alleged lawyer of the town bv by name doty on bean hearing nf of the disturbance and the ti turn im a affairs f had taken promptly hunted up the boys assured them that they were not necessarily nr if bound to pay the fine finc and final finally y c coaxed d them into asking for a new trial which they did and it was granted but tiie tile next trouble was to secure a jury the news of tho the occurrence c bad spread like wildfire the whole town was in in a state of excitement there was not an individual in the town that had not formed an all opinion on oil the matter and git getting ting a jury seemed to be a problem which nobody could solve after a long and tedious interview however a jur jury of four waa was finally anil and the trial began to make a long story short the defense was beaten and the boys will now pay 25 or 30 for the pleasure of a new trial rather expensive sleigh riding but experience gained which may in ay bo be beneficial to them PETER richmond jan ath 1882 |