A DISAPPOINTED JUROR.

Otago Witness, Issue 1465, 13 December 1879, Page 23

A DISAPPOINTED JUROR.

• ! (San Francisco Weekly Post. ) i It was a flushed and somewhat excited ' citizen who presented himself before one i jof those judges of this oity who were i carefully voted out last Wednesday, and • IremaiMdjrg^ fiK&tW&Xttiitft . „ j^jf^pig^ -yoWßonor* u l *YaW been [ ; drawn as a juror for the coming term of your ■ 5 Court, and I have come to ba excused. It is k i impossible for me to sit." . i " Indeed," said the judge, with some of t '.that elephantine playfulness peculiar to the ) iSan Franoisco bench. "Haven't a boil, .. 'have you!" 'ii\ " No, nir, I haven't," replied the gentlei .man, getting still warmer; but I haven't i l the time. I am worn out with business, , and want to !go)off ;j|xto;"lthe|country and >} > fish." I, " Pish, sir ? Do you mean to say that you l would prefer to sit four hours at a stretch r on a slippery log, getting your nose peeled > by the sun, rather than uphold law and order • by the exercise of a freeman's dearest pre3 rogative ?" b " Yes, I would." j "You sadden me, air. Besides, the fish ) ain't biting worth a cent just now." [ "I don't care if "they ain't. I know a i place where they bite all the year • round." , The Court carefully noted down the Bpot l "I regret the necessity, my dear sir, but -. I oaunot excuse you." • " I'm blusted if I serve," shouted the vie9 tlm, desperately. " Besides, lemme see, I •" had the small-pox recently, and I'm afraid I ain't quite-onrjßd,-#i,v <-,<> •* " Have you the leprosy ?" inquired his ' l Honor, blandly lighting another cigar. , " Of course not." " Then there's no use talking. Small-pox ' don't go. Nothing but leprosy will do— . these times." : «• You insist on my serving, do you ?" said the citizen, looking very pale and determined. " Very well ; now listen to me. I swear I • won't convict a single criminal — not one. I'll 3 hang the jury or acquit every prisoner you r try. Then when the country is flooded with 1 burglars and murderers it will be your own r .rii'i&y^eV^ ' up and grasping the speaker's hand with 1 ' emotion. "If you are on the acquit you're i just the man I've been looking for. The r ! relatives of two or three prisoners have been r , to see me, and — well— ahem ! —you understand — I go out of office pretty soon — and — of course we must make hay while the sun 9 i shines, as it were. Now, suppose you come ' t up and dine with me to-night, and perhaps ' j we can make some little mutual arrangement. [ See the point, don't you— eh ? -coin, my dear 1 sir, coin." , But the obstinate man went off in a rage I to buy a revolver j and the judge has since I instructed the bailiff ta have him on hand ? ; when the Court meets, alive or dead. Some ! people have no sabe about a speculation at ■ all, it wo\ild seem. ; A POLITICAL EPIGRAMMATIST. ', r , In an address to his constituents on the ; I Bth September, Mr Grant Duff is reported to ' J • have said :—": — " Ido not know if an epigram j i, which vtais repeated tome at the House of j

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