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Show MIGHT HAVE LET HIM FINI8H. As It Turned Out, Lawyers Were Unnecessarily Un-necessarily Excited. In a suit in a Malno court not lone ago there was adduced n lino of testimony tes-timony thnt created Bomo excitement. A witness had testWed that ho saw tho defendant "splitting up" rails a fow hours before tho accldont for which dofendant was supposed to bo responsible. "What did ho say ho was going to do with tho rails?" asked the counsel, fixing tho wandering eyo of tho witness wit-ness with his stern gaze. llcforo tho witness could nnswer, tho defendant's counsel was on his feet, insisting that the question was not allowable. A prolonged wranglo ensued. Various high authorities for and against tho admission of tho question ques-tion wero consulted and quoted. During nil this tlmo tho witness shifted from one log to tho other, and gave vent to several prodigious yawns. As tho controversy waged hotter nnd hotter somothlng like a smile was seen to pnss acrosB his face. At last the Judgo ruled that the question must be allowed and whllo tho defendant's counsel, exhausted with rage, loaned back In his chnlr excitedly, tho query was put onco more: "Whnt did tho defendant sny ho was going to do with tho rails?" "Nawthln,," drawled tho witness. "I wero drlvlu' my sister's niece to ketch a train when I see him. An' now, cf it ain't unconstitutional, I'd llko to sot down ns my legs Is about gin out." Illustrated Sunday Magazine. |