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Show VERDICT IN RHYME. A correspondent calls our attention to an interesting verdict which was rendered ren-dered In the I'istrlct court of Travis countv. Texas. In 1S57. The defendant. Frank R. Rafer. Ht that time a well-known well-known citizen of Austin, was accused of gambling, which was not regarded as a very serious offense In Texas in those eariy days, especially if the offender chanced to be a prominent citizen. The prosecution was generally treated as a pleasant jest, but was. nevertheless, carried car-ried through In earnest, and a J irv composed com-posed of lawyers brought In the following verdict: We. the jury, lawful men. Fine the defendant doliars t n: A guilt v mHH beyond all doubt. I .et the defendant pav himself out. Thus we've said thN freezing morn. Your obedient servant. A. 0 Home. Foreman. The coiniositlon of this verdict it attributed attrib-uted to A. W. Terrell, who at the time of his service on the j.iry was a young law-er. law-er. Afterward he attained great d:s- j Unction as a District J.idire. and uas United States Mir.t-ter to Turkey under President Cleveland. Other members of the same jury who afterward achieved renown re-nown were Charles S. West, who rose to be a Justice of the Texas Supreme court, and F. W. Chandler, who became one of the leaders of the Texas bar Law Notes. |