Impobtant to Jubobs. — Some five-and-twenty years ago, when a certain part of the United States was but sparsely settled, it was a work of some difficulty to get a jury together, especially as the inhabitants were notoriously disinclined to the pleasure of litigation. The court had been forced to adjourn many times from day to day, because the sheriff as often came in and reported an incomplete panel. Final y things came to a crisis. The judge fixed, a day beyond which no further forbearance could be exercised , and when that day arrived the enthu Bias tic sheriff rushed into the court room, and exclaimed, " It's all right, your honor. We'll have the jury by twelve o'clock. I've got eleven of them locked up in a barn, and we are running the twelfth with dogs."
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Southland Times, Issue 933, 13 April 1868, Page 3
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