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During the session of the District Court, at its first term,
this same John T. McCarty was called before the County Judge
to give his testimony on the return of a writ of _habeas
corpus_, and then he testified "_that the conduct of Judge
Turner on the bench was the most outrageous he had ever
witnessed in any court in which he had practiced;" and the
tenor and effect of his whole testimony was in the highest
degree condemnatory of the conduct of Judge Turner_.
One of two things follows: If the statement in the letter be
true, then John T. McCarty was guilty of perjury before the
County Judge; but if he testified to the truth, then his
statement in the letter is false. In the one case he is a liar
and in the other a perjured scoundrel. Thus convicted out of
his own mouth, his vile epithets respecting myself are not
worth a moment's consideration.
STEPHEN J. FIELD.
MARYSVILLE, _Dec. 21st, 1850_.
On my return from the Legislature, and afterwards, this same McCarty
was in my presence the most abject and humble wretch I knew in
Marysville. He almost piteously begged recognition by me, and was
ready to go down on his knees for it. He was a blustering miscreant,
full of courage where no force was required, and ready to run at the
first appearance of a fight.
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