20/37 "I know that you ought to be making shoes in the penitentiary! Mr.Sheriff, you should really have this courtroom sprinkled with vinegar. There's gaol fever in the air." "I don't see, Mr.Sheriff," came Rand's voice from the Justice's Bench, "that any more vinegar is needed. Gentlemen, all--whether Federalist or Republican--I was Mr.Mocket's lawyer in the case referred to. Twelve good men and true--men of this county--pronounced him innocent. It is not surprising that my friends the Federalists should wish to gain time,--they are leagued with old Time,--but I protest against their gaining it by such means. |