Show I 1 OC OCon onnen neIl was once oace examining a witness whose inebriety at sat time to which the evidence referred it was es estial bial to prove he quickly discovered the ma mans ns fracter har ar acter ae hewak was a who thomay may be described half if foolish with roguery well darby you told the truth lo 10 0 o this gentle tan an I 1 your bunor counsellor oconnell 2 HOW do you yoa know my name ali ah sure sore every one kno knowd w i our Vath riot 11 y well awell you y are a good bamred bim red honest fellow fell ow 5 tow tell me darby did you take a drop of anything I 1 latow at dalp I 1 why your honor I 1 took my share of a pint or of wits 11 your ayour share of it I 1 now by the virtue of your afi was not your share of it all hut but the pewter 5 1 i why then dear knows tor for you I 1 i r 91 the co court was wa convulsed at both question and it soon step by step came out that the an n was waa drunk and was not there therefore foi e a competent aness thus oconnell OCon neU won the case for his client here is another instance of his bis reada tact and an i i n tite te resource in the defence of his client in a tr trial ial L cork for murder the principal witness swore strong against t the prisoner he particularly swore that hat a found near the place of the murder belonged I 1 I 1 t the prisoner whose name n ame was w as jamss james by virtue ue of your oath are you yon sure that this is le aade a hat pa yes q did you examine examine it carefully before you swore in fw r information that it was the prisoners I 1 did now let fhe see said oconnell as he took up p fr hat bat and began ii ta examine it carefully in the ine m he then spelled aloud the name of james aly ly thus james iames I J a m e s now do you mean those s were in it when you found it tt I 1 do sand d this is the same hat agit it is now novi 2 my lord said connell holding up the act to the bench there is an end of the case there ano 0 oame whatever inscribed in the hat the result was an instant acquittal |