A DEFENDANT’S OBJECTIONS.

Globe, Volume XXIII, Issue 2184, 24 February 1881, Page 2

A DEFENDANT’S OBJECTIONS.

They were trying an assault aud battery case in Justice Alley the other day, or were getting ready to, when the defendant objected to the jury which the constable had gathered together. Beginning at number one, the Court asked:—

“State your objections to the juryman.” “ I beat him out of SOdola on a hone trade, and I know how he feels,” was the reply. “And thie oneP” “He and I couldn’t agree on a game of cards one day last week, and I punched his aged head. He has not forgotten it, you bet.”

“Well, here’s the third man P” “He has a grudge against me for licking his brother-in-law.” “And the fourth ?” “We have never been good friends since I shot six of his hens.” “And the fifth ?" “ I know him of old. He said I stole his shot-gun.”

“ And do you object to the sixth and last." “ I decidedly do. It isn’t four days since I got ready to throw him oil a wood dock.”

“ Wouldn’t it be safe for you to dispense with a jury and let the court try the case ?” suggested his honor, “No, sir!” was the decided reply. “I don’t say that I’ve got anything in particular against this court, but this court may have formed an opinion that I am the man who bagged his twenty-six game fowls one night last month. I’ve heard that he had his suspicions P”

The case was adjourned to secure six jurymen from the country.