Show abut law and lawyers well said the lawyer to the southern justice you sent for me yes said the justice 1 I want P advice about this here prisoner iles hes been fetched tt ealin hogs au an as I 1 faint got no T I 1 dont know ef im entitled to lynch him or riot not ile he so we are engaged 0 it t lovely she perfectly ile he I 1 wonder if anybody saw when I 1 kissed you last night dight she I 1 hope so ile he what she I 1 hope so lle he why she I 1 mean business bus ineis and want witnesses free press A breach of promise case was set for trial durin during 9 the recent sitting of tile the district court in this place there was plenty cf foundation for tho the suit and every inducement for the fair plaintiff to suo sue the girl was pretty and of excellent character the recalcitrant youth was financially fixed there had been a pron promise lise of marriage and the prospective groom backed out but the mille mill of justice grind slowly and by the time the case carne cams up for trial both parties partie s i were T ere married to newer never objects of adoration and were at peace with each other and tho the world he was a young lawyer and was delivering doliveria his maiden speech ile he was florid rhetorical scat scattering torin and tedious for two weary hours lie he talked at the court and jury until everybody felt like lynching lunching lyn ching him when lie he got through all his opponent a grizzled old professional arose looked sweetly at the judge und and raid caid your honor I 1 will follow the example of mv my young b friend who has just finished and submit tho the case without argument ile ho then sat eat aown pow nand and the young lawyer felt as ag though cold water was running 0 down his back so you deny that you ever asked my client to marry you or that you aromi promised ed to marry her queried tho attorney for the plain tiffin tin in the breach of promise io came cae with a comprehensive gesture esturo and an air of surprised incredulity no air I 1 admit it responded tile the defendant promptly you admit till shouted the lawyer leaping heaping 0 to his feet and casting a triumphant t ant look about the courtroom yes I 1 admit it but tho the conversation alluded to occurred on sunday su n evening arid and I 1 believe contracts made on that day are void 2 detroit tribune A case biad be been n called and there was no attorney present who seemed to take any interest inter cst in tho the defence dei enle 1 so 0 o the plaintiff plain tid obtained judgment by default the lawyer who had handled liand led the matter in a lower court refused to appear on oil i behalf of his former clients because some arrangements had bad not been 11 c e n made reo regarding 0 ardin his fe fee e the defendants thereupon secured attorney no 2 for the purpose of getting them a new hear hearing inq the motion was made and argued bit b it just before it was submitted to the court attorney nol presented an affidavit tending to defeat the motion for a new trial attorney no 2 0 was dumfounded dum founded at such a blow brorn one riot not connected with the case and said your honor I 1 c can a n only excuse his conduct on the ground of his bis inexperience this was wag like the old prisoner who was defended by a very young lawyer in whose ability he did riot not put the utmost faith lie was not surprised therefore when a verdict of guilty was announced but when the court asked him if babad he had any thin thing to say before sentence was passed upon him lie ho arose and spoke as follows yer honor I 1 faint got much t to 0 say but yer honor liar has observed my perilous position in this case from the very first and therefore yer honor ask you to take tak ein into consideration the extreme youth of my attorney and let me ilie down y easy an appeal having been taken in a certain case from a lower court to to the district court it was ras found necessary to refer to the former judgment 0 accordingly justice brangham Brang hau aau was summoned with his hi docket and both were introduced in evidence the docket showed the handwriting hand band writing of two persons but no judgment on the matter at all tile the verdict of the jury was chronicle properly by the aufai I 1 of tho the peace several months ago affo 5 but within N the last few days the t h e appellants attorney had added a postscript showing that judgment was also rendered the cou court rt reprimanded prim the attorney and scolded the justice severely for allowing people to meddle with his records but the funny part of it is that with a largo large book plenty planty of ink and pens two men at the task and several months to do it in in I 1 still the docket docke A no signs of a judgment |