An elderly darky in Georgia, charged with the theft of some chickens, had the misfortune to be defended by a young and inexperienced attorney, although it is doubtful whether anyone could have secured his acquittal, the commission of the crime having been proved beyond all doubt.
The darky received a pretty severe sentence. “Thank you, sah,” said he cheerfully, addressing the judge when the sentence had been pronounced. “Dat’s mighty hard, sah, but it ain’t anywhere what I ‘spected. I thought, sah, dat between my character and dat speech of my lawyer dat you’d hang me, shore!”