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Show Court lucldrot. One of the prominent ornaments of the bar, clebrated for his gonial dis-pisition, dis-pisition, found himself about the close of the war washed ashore, high and dry, pecuniarily, in the city of Richmond, Rich-mond, where he was forced to hang out Ins shingle and cum, nonce practice in tne Hustings Court. One of h's liit c.ients was a youth wl.o had been arrested ar-rested at the instance of a respectable negro man of lauiily for having "rooked"' his house, and severely in jurcd his daughter with a stone thiowu through the window. At the examination, old Puuipey was put upon tbe stand, and proveii the charge in such union. able terms that it would have oono bard with our friend's client, had it not been lor the following cross-examination: Lawyer You say one .-tone ca no into the room where you were sitting with your family, and struok youi daughter'' pomp. Ves. b 'ss. Lawyer Where did it strike lirr.' Pomp. i silence lor a whiic. ) I il u t like to toll, l-'si. Lawyer But v,,u iuu-i tell. 1 de-man de-man 1 again I here did il strike her' Pomp. Dat all fioli-hrvs-. b ,-s. I tell you it hit her. 1 don't i;ke to t.-ll whore 'lore do-e laic- in coutt. 1-awver But v ol u.u.-l an-", r. Whero'd-11 it h:t 1' -.' I'oir.;:, ,c.uw:y.' (I:i t!: r r.z uu. KLiwyer-V.-;:, I. .w - v. r. ly d.l it iroire Let ' l'l ti.;.. ( iu ou ; u - I ll-v,..-- I ain't cir,;,f : . ; . I awy.-r A..-, r. I v,;.: -i tr.y o-v stion t-Tg au- -- 1. 1 ' i it ;n ' a re hi t .' l'i-Uip. Iu d s; a r N 1 -a .. ;i : j an in- ir-' her. 1- t ;t ' t : gi rs ut ag-t. :.. iti :.: j . . .: 1- r:t; ms to h- r. li e oast- wi. ri --e i :'t .iilliJ ' i;;-:. . ii. .' " Ir-i... |