COURT OF UNCOasiUN PLEAS.

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REPORTED BT soL SMITH.

 If the reader has travelled much lB the west. he has witnessed the proceedings of seIf-eonsti,uted courts on the boiler decks of steamboats. ii has been the lnek of the wri- ter of this sketch to act as Judge of many of these dignified uibunals--eonsequeni he has been called upon to pass judgment on many of his fellow travellers during the las, twenty years.

 In the courts here spoken of the juriy,iic- ,ion IS generally eo-ex,ensive with the boats on which they are held, and il IS very seldom an iBayianal is found who is fooi-harsly enough to call in question iis powers--hence the sentences are pretty generally carried ln- to effect without resistance.

 in the summer ef 1874. when all was .hurrah for Ciay.' sad 'hurrah for Polk a tsrns of the Court of Uncommon Pleas was began and held on board the good steamer TAite Cloud. Capt Roberts, during her voy- age from S, Louis to Louisville.

 After ibe organization of the court Ay the appointment of Judge, Prosecuting Attorney, Clerk and Sheriff. proclamation uas made by the latter funciio1ary that all was ready for business. The 6rs, case on the docket was the one stated al the head of this report The defendant, Green, deck passenger, hsd been deliv erisg temperance lectore in the cabin. and was retiring to his quarters on the lower .leck, when he was arrested by the Sheriff and brought before the 'hoaorable Court never saw prisoner al the bar. charged ic.h murder, manifest more fear than did this poor feIlow--the reason vili appear hereafter. The indictment was read, char ging him, the said Green, being ai the time member of a temperance snc,ety, win having. with malice aforethoughs,' drank whiskey out of a ing-eon;rary to the dig nity of the temperance cause. and the in;e- rest of the bar-keeper of the White Cioat Sc. &c.

 Prisoner, you have heard the ehargs-are you guilty, os not gulltyo

 Not gu,lty,., replled the trembling Green --.thai is, 10, rsry guilty; did take ilsile of---s

 Prisoner, answer distinctly to the charge --are yon guilty, or moi guilty" : Is there ary lawyer aboard;' asked the defeadans, looking fsarfuliy aouDd on the crowd.

 sYes.' replied the Court there are any number of them on board, going tc the Whia Convention al Nashville, yca are entitled ts counsel, and the Court assigns you L. Y B--y. Esqs--se you can anbosom. your self so Aim-'

 < The worthy gentleman named readily ae cspted the appointment, and jury besn T empansslled, the trial commenced,