Democratic Sentinel, Volume 9, Number 26, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 July 1885 — A Rebuke in Open Court. [ARTICLE]

A Rebuke in Open Court.

Louisville, Ky,—ln the city court recently Judge B. t*. Thompson created a profound sensation during the trial of Edward Early, a fireman, for assault and battery, by administering the following rebuke to Richard Bache, a prominent politician: “Mr. Bache, on last Thursday you approached me in a manner which not only reflected on the court, l ut was an insult to myself. You claimed to be a political factor in the Ninth Ward, and intimated that if I didn’t want to antagonize the elements there I wo’d deal leniently with Ed. Early. My purpose in bringing you here is to stamp your conduct in a manner which will show my disapproval. I know it has been a custom with some people to approach the court in the way ou did, but you are a man of intelligence and ought to know better. I now intend to make an example of you. The court can not keep itself free from the suspicion of unrighteous practices if it would permit itself to be approached as you did me on the occasion referred to. Mr. Bache, you stand committed to jail for six hours, which is the very limit imposed by the law for such conduct.” Judge Thompson’s tone, in pronouncing these words, implied a feeling of. regret that he could not inflict heavier punishment.