Democratic Sentinel, Volume 18, Number 27, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 July 1894 — Counselor “Therefore." [ARTICLE]

Counselor “Therefore."

Sergeant Kelly, a celebrity of the Irish bar, had a remarkable habit of drawing conclusions d rectly at variance with his premises, and was consequently nicknamed “Counselor Therefore.” In court, on one occasion, he thus addressed the jury: “The case is so clear, gentlemen, that you can not possibly misunderstand it, and I should pay your understandings a-very poor compliment if I dwelt upon it for another minute; therefore, I shall at once proceed to explain it to you as minutely as possible. ”