A LAWYER'S PERORATION ON BEHALF OF A FEMALE CLIENT.

Samoa Times and South Sea Gazette, Volume 3, Issue 145, 17 July 1880, Page 3

A LAWYER'S PERORATION ON BEHALF OF A FEMALE CLIENT.

A lawyer in Cleveland, Ohio, wn9 defending a very handsome young woman accused of stonling from a large unoccupied dwelling in the night time, and thus lie spoke in conclusion : —"Gentlemen of the jury, I have done. When'l gaze with enraptured eye on the matchless beauty of this peerless maiden, on whoso resplendent channß suspicion never dared to breathe—when I behold her radiant in this glorious bloom of luscious loveliness, which angelio sweetness might envy but could not eclipse—before which the star on the brow of night grows pale and the diamonds of Brazil are dim, and then reflect upon the utter madness and folly of supposing that so much beauty and gentleue.99 would expose itself to tho terrors of an empty building, in tho cold, damp, and dead of night, when innocence like hers is hiding itself amid tho snowy pillows of repose—gentlemen of the jury, my feelings are too overpowering for expression, and I throw her into your arms for protection against this foul chargo whicn I know you will givo. Geutlomon, you may hang the ooean on a grapevino to dry, lasso an avalaneho, pin o. napkin to' the mouth of a |volcano, skim tho clouds from the sky with a teaspoon, throw salt on tho toil of our noble American eaglo, whose sleeploss eye watches over tho welfare of the nation, paste ' For Rent' upon the' moon and store — but never for a moment delude yourselves wjth thho idea that this charming girl is guilty of tho chargo preferred against her. The jury aoquittod her without leaving tlioir seats.