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The Green Bag

taken from the biography of Governor

Plummer of New Hampshire, and to

ESTABLISH ED REPUTATION PPLICATION

for

employment

be found in the 57th N. H. Report, was recently made to a Louisville

King v. Hopkins: -—

business man by a young chap from the

THE CHARGE OF JUDGE DUDLEY

mountain region of the state. The Lou

You have heard, gentlemen of the

isville man was favorably impressed

jury, what has been said in this case

by the stranger, but as no references were offered, he determined to hold the

by the lawyers: the rascals. But no: I will not abuse them, it is their busi

ness to make a good case for their clients: they are paid for it and they have done in this case well enough. But you and I, gentlemen, have something

else to consider.

They talk of law.

Why, gentlemen, it is not law we want but Justice: they would govern us by the common law of England. Trust me, gentlemen, common sense is a much safer guide for us—— the common sense of Raymond, Epping, Exeter and other towns which have sent you and I here to try a case between our neighbors,— clear head and an honest heart is

worth more than all the law of the law yers. There was one good thing said at the Bar, it is from Shakspere an English player I believe, no matter, it is good enough almost to be in the Bible. It is this, Be just and fear not. That,

gentlemen, is enough in this case and

application in abeyance until he could personally look into the young man's antecedents, which he could do when

next he visited that part of the state whence the applicant hailed.

It was not long before the opportunity was afforded. The Louisville man

sought out the sheriff of the young man's home county and asked:

“Do you know Bill Sparks?" “Shore, I know him." “What kind of a young man is he?" “Pretty fair."

“Is he honest?" “Honest? Shore. Why, he's been arrested three times for stealin’ and ac quitted each time!"

STILL OPEN TO QUESTION HEN former Senator Spooner was making a very tellingspeech

law enough in any case. Be just and fear not. It is our business to do Jus tice between these parties. Not by any quirk of the law, out of Coke or Black stone. Books that never read and never will: but by common sense and common honesty as between man and man. That is our business and the curse of

on the Philippines he presented during

God is upon us if we neglect or evade

stant in an effort to cast a cloud of doubt over the authenticity of the par)? Senator Spooner turned toward Pew‘ grew and after looking at him for a

or turn from it. And now, Mr. Sheriff take out the Jury, and you, Mr. Fore

man, do not keep us waiting with idle

the course of his argument a sheet 0f paper on which he claimed wasa letter written by the late General Lawton some time before his death. Senator Pettigrew of South DakotaI

who had expressed doubts as to Wlw wrote the letter, was on his feet in all 1”‘

talk, of which there has been too much

moment he said:

already about matters which have noth

minds “Theme Senator of a lawyer from South who was Dakota defend‘ re‘

ing to do with the case.

Give us an

honest verdict of which as a plain com mon sense man you need not be ashamed.

inga prisoner charged with murder. The evidence presented by the state shOWed