Jasper County Democrat, Volume 2, Number 16, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 July 1899 — A Successful “Barrister.” [ARTICLE]

A Successful “Barrister.”

Last Monday August Rosenbaum, the saloonist, was arrrested on three "counts." and arraigned before his honor Esq. Burnham. The first charge was that of failure to remove screens from doors and windows promptly at the time prescribed by law on closing up lime. The other cases were for selling beer to minors. It seems that several boys chipped in and got Dal Daywitt of Union tp.. to buy them a keg of beer last Saturday evening, which he did. purchasing the beer of Rosy. Several if not all of the boys were minors, and they proceeded to the rear of the city hall where they bowled up in great shape. Rosenbaum was arrested for selling them the beer. He plead not guilty and. wishing to get through with the matter with as little expense as possible, he proposed to dispense with the sen ices of an attorney and plead his own case. The various witnesses were examined by both the prosecutor and Rosy, and when it came time to make the closing argument. Rosy is reported to have made a very flowery speech which completely awed the court and prosecutor. Like the fellow whose grandmother was going away on a long journey. Rosy “sposened’’" the case. "Suppose now." he is reported to have said, "that yon. your honor, or Mr. Mills should come to me and want a keg of beer to take over to the river to the girls, must I ask you what you are going to do with it? Not by a d sight. It would be none of my business. I Lave a license to sell beer and the man I sold this to was of age. I know nothing about what he was going to do with it, nor did the law compel me to follow him up and see what became of it.” This argument was a clincher, yet the court and prosecutor evidently desired tosay something, but Rosy would "chip in” every time they started to talk and gave them no chance to figure up the costs, and he was acquitted on all three counts. Daywitt, the man who bought the beer, however, was arrested Monday night and was fined §25 and costs, and he is now laying out same at Jasper county's expense in the county jail. Geo. Strickfaden was also arrested on the screen charge but was acquitted.