. Lincoln, the lawyer. THE CROSS-EXAMINER I shall never forget my experience with him,observed Mr. James Hoblit of Logan County,Illinois, one of the few men now living who everfaced him in the witness-chair. I was sub-poenaed in a case brought by one Paullin againstmy uncle, and I knew too much about the matterin dispute for my uncles good. The case wasnot of vital importance, but it seemed very seriousto me, for I was a mere boy at the time. had owned a bull which was continuallyraiding his neighbors corn, and one day myuncle ordered his boys to drive the animal out ofhis fields, a
. Lincoln, the lawyer. THE CROSS-EXAMINER I shall never forget my experience with him,observed Mr. James Hoblit of Logan County,Illinois, one of the few men now living who everfaced him in the witness-chair. I was sub-poenaed in a case brought by one Paullin againstmy uncle, and I knew too much about the matterin dispute for my uncles good. The case wasnot of vital importance, but it seemed very seriousto me, for I was a mere boy at the time. had owned a bull which was continuallyraiding his neighbors corn, and one day myuncle ordered his boys to drive the animal out ofhis fields, and not to use it too gently, , the boys obeyed the orders only too liter-ally, for one of them harpooned the bull with apitchfork, injuring it permanently, and I sawenough of the occurrence to make me a danger-ous witness. The result was that Paullin sued my uncle,the boys were indicted for malicious mischief,Mr. Lincoln was retained by the plaintiff, whowas determined to make an example of some-body, and I
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