Democratic Sentinel, Volume 16, Number 30, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 August 1892 — A Co[?]erent Juror. [ARTICLE]

A Co[?]erent Juror.

A great many stories are attributed to (Jen. Tom Bennett, but this is a true one and illustrates his ready wit. He was on the bench as Mayor of the city of Richmond in the trial of a liquor case. The witnesses could not remember anything, the place, the man who sold the liquor, or the kind of liquor. It was evidently a case of collusion, and Mayor Bennett became a little impatient. He finally took a witness from the State attorney and questioned him himself. “Where was the liquor bought?" he asked. “Couldn’t say, Yer Honor,” was the reply. “What kind of liquor was it?” “Don’t know, Yer Honor.” “Do you know whether it was liquor or not?” The question was put a ; little tartly. t “Couldn't say, Yer Honor, my mind : is a perfect blank. ” “Stand aside, then,” said Gen. Ben- | nett; “we may want you for a Juror." The defendant was dismissed by the disgusted Court.—lndianapolis Jour nal.