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Show COURT PEACTICE IN MISSOURI. Some Odd Things That Surprised an Old Lawyer From Chicago. (Chicago Inter Ocean.) "There are many things in the legal methods in vogue in Missouri to cause a Chicago lawyer to open his eyes with astonishment," said a Chicago attorney who has recently returned from that state. "I was down there trying a case a week or so ago. The title to valuable valu-able mining land was involved, and the trial was held at Canton, Lewis county. coun-ty. That is pretty near the border line, and during the war times and for many years after it was known as a hot-bed of secession. The most striking thing about the county now is the abundance of gray-haired and gray-whiskered Johnny Rcbr. who live there. Court, by the way, opens there at 8 a. m. "After I had got through with the examination of one of the veniremen called, and had accepted him, I turned 1 him over to the other side for examination." examina-tion." The opposing counsel was a typical typi-cal old confederate, gray-haired, and extremely courteous an3 punctilious in his manner. He began his examination, examina-tion, in this way: ,l "'You live at Eden, sah, I undah-stand undah-stand you to say?'" " 'Yes. sir." " 'Wahn't you postmastah. sah, at Ederi for some considerable period?' " 'Yes, sir; for twenty-two years.' " 'Vnn fr.'Vit in the" wah sah?' " 'Yes, sir.' " 'On which side, sah?' " 'The Union side.' - '' "'Did you " know ' Colonel S: Daggs, sah, of the confederate army?" ' ' " 'Yes, sir.'... ' " 'Isn't it a fact, sah, that you refused re-fused to speak to Colonel S. Daggs?' "'No, sir; I spoke to him every time he came to the postoffice." "Isn't it a fact, sah, 4that you did not attend the funeral of Colonel S. Daggs?' " 'I was sick ' " 'Nevah mind, sah. Did you or did you not attend the funeral of Colonel S. Daggs, sah?' " 'I did not.' ..'..'.- . , "The, opposing counsel looked triumphant tri-umphant as he turned, to the judge and said: 'Your honah, I object to this witness wit-ness on the ground of prejudice.' . " 'Objection sustained,' said the judge, and the venireman stepped down with I a rather sheepish expression. "This was the first I had heard of Daggs, and I was rather curious to know more about him.- I afterward investigated in-vestigated and found that Colonel ;S. Daggs had been dead twenty-two years. "The next morning I was standing at the court house door with the sheriff of the county, waiting until it was time for court to open. While I was there a fine-looking - man rode up, fastened his horse, and came up the steps. 'Good morning, sheriff, he said, as he entered the door. "The sheriff was leaning against . the side of the door with his hands in hi3 pockets and he never moved as he said: 'Good mornin', Cap'n Daggs. Jest step In the marshal's office there; he wants to see you.' "As Cap'n Daggs walked toward the marshal's room the sheriff winked solemnly sol-emnly at me and followed Daggs. I accepted the wink as an invitation, and followed the sheriff. No sooner had I Daggs entered the marshal's room than the latter went through him and took away from him two guns almost as long as my arm. 'I'll take care of these yere, Cap'n,' he said, carelessly, 'until aftah co't adjourns.' "That was all there was to it. The 'Cap'n' looked a little foolish, but the marshal and the sheriff seemed to think !t was a matter of course, and their manner did not invite any questioning." |