The works of the Rev. William Thom, late minister ... - waughfamily.ca

396 LETTrRS, TRACTS, IfV.college, till the biood ran plentifully from his breechto the ground. And, upon the rckvaney of the indictment,I have, faid he, feen the place whefe'Calaswas butchered ; and Iiave Hood with pieafure uponthe fpot -of ground where St. Dominic fet up the in--quihtion. Another of thcfe judges, fpcaking of thefame relevancy, ffiaintained, " that when two objectsor ideas, the o^fl^^ntcmptible and the other refpectable,were fet up together to view, the contemptibleone conveyed fome degree of its contemptiblenefs tothe refpeftable one." He is wrong, faid a Jockeysfor when I want to fet off a good horfe, I fet him i>pby the forriell jade I can iind. He is an ignorantblunderer, faid a gentleman, for my wife alwayschoofes a waitinn;-woman more homelv than herfelf.C/jap. 24. The competency of the court and relevancyof the libel, were oppofed flrenuoufiy by twoof the judges, and fomewhat faintly by two more ;but fuflained by a great majority of the court : Andthen began the examination of the witneSes, of whomji great number were adduced. It fhould be remarkedliere, I believe, that the court had no compulfatoryto oblige the witneiles to attend : However, all whowere cited came, fome from religious zeal, fome tooblige the profecutors, and others to fupport thepannel.In this examination Comalo appeared to greatadvantage, and fo far as was pofTible in fuch in affair,acquired much honour, aiid gained the efteem of e-very perfon prefent ; for if ever a lawyer had the artand ability of examining witneiTes, and making' themoil of the-ir evidence in behalf of his client, he wasundoubtedly the man : From the very looks of men,he feemed to penetrate into their hearts, and knew,either' from fome previous information, or bythe firltqueftion put, whether the witnefs was prcjudifed a-gainft his client or not : And though perhaps there-was no defign in any of the witneiles to prevaricate,yet, by crofs qucftioiis, he made the depofitions of