| Show natural ira ITa tural result ofton of too much lawyer in our legislature teother th 9 other 0 th or day it was necessary for mr pinder to go into court as a witness mr pinder knows tho the nature of an oath and bo he a man who would perjure himself for the biggest and best farm in michigan buich igan mr pinder was ordered to stand up raise his right hand and swear that he be would tell the truth the whole d nothing but ut the truth then he sat down and a lawyer began mr pinder finder you baw this affair did you sou 1 91 I did P weil weli well mell state to tue tho jury what took place well I 1 was bitting sitting in the house bouse 3 and my wafe budd suddenly called JI never mind your wife der interrupted the lawyer why bir sir my wife called to never mind your wife I 1 bay say bayl I 1 want to know what you know mr pinder had been to tell the truth and the whole truth but right at the outset the lawyer would nil nit iet let him do either one then he began 1 I was sitting an in my hous i 0 when s 1 91 i I dont want fo to know what hap lisp pen bened ed in your heuse house A fight took place placa in the street and if lf you were on the spot I 1 want to know it well dwelli heard a loud talking and 01 1 I want to know if it you saw the defendant strike the plaintiffs plaintiff interrupted the lawyer mr pinder had bad sworn to tell all about it in a Jt truthful manner but he was now ordered to leave out more than half of the whole truth and begin where it suited the lawyer when I 1 crossed the street t a woman said sald 11 1 I dont care what a wo we uan nan said sir air shouted the lawyer what that woman said should have been told according to the oath taken but the lawyer have it weli well I 1 saw two men fighting the plaintiff and defendant here observed mr pinder do youl your swear that these wore were the men mr pinder bad had sworn to eil eli ell tell athe the truth the whole truth and nothing but the truth and the lawyer turned right aboa about and hinted that thad he might nod not have been peen the men he swore he be saw these were tho the two men he answered and you saw the blows struck TI fai 1 I did now we claim that not a single blow passed I 1 shouted the lawyer he was defending a man with a black eye and a busted nose who had been arrested while fighting andar and mr pinder had seen the fight and yet he claimed that pinder see a blow biow struck 1 ti I heard no matter what you heard mr pi uder had heard plain plaintiff tint tift dare defendant t him and he had sworn to tell the truth yet the tho lawyer had bad forced him into perjury he ht him tell the whole truth nor even half of it did you see eee blows passed resumed the lawyer 1 I did and you aw faw the plaintiff strike the defendant first no sir t he the deafen defendant d ant so struck first what do vou von know what you are swearing sweating 4 to you ou junt jutt jun jut t tabean oath to tell the truth ruth in ibis case 41 1 I d did 1 d 1 1 and now afe are you trying tomis 5 lead the jury by suppressing sin siD eg part of the truth ly telling what you wish wah to and suppressing what you dont s no sir air just juat as I 1 heard you heard we dont want to know what you heard heth dill mr pinder want to suppress anything but he be wab waa forced to he wanted to tell all about it but they let him he be wanted to tell the whole truth but they have it they whey made him perjure perjure himself while swearing to tell the truth the whole truth and nothing but the truth detroia free press |
