Some five and-twenty. y ears ago, when a certain part of,the United States was but sparsely settled; it was a work of some difficulty to got a jury together,' especially as the inhabitants were disinbl ned to tho pleasure of liiigation. The'court had been-forced to adjourn many ; time's from day to day, because the • sheriff a« often car Win and reported ■ an incomplete panel. Finally things-came to b : crisis. The judge fixed a-day beyond ■■which-no further, forbearance could he exercised; and when the.day arrived the enthosiaslio; sheriff, rushed into the court room, qnd exclaimed,-.!' It's all,riuhty your honor. .We'UMvei : Ahejuiy p'clock. i; l'.ve;got.._plev.en of them ■ locked up in a barn, and we are running the twelfth 1 with dogs," »
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New Zealand Herald, Volume V, Issue 1401, 14 May 1868, Page 4
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