JY>>>>>>>>> lawn one day as "a warning to
others";  His 22YO daughter
 JY>>>>>>>>> came out of the office like she was
shot from a cannon and
 JY>>>>>>>>> quickly determined which way the
wind was blowing...
 RY>>>>>>>> Like a cannon? like a hound on the scnt...
 RY>>>>>>>> It's a myth that Louisa was urban..
 JY>>>>>>> But Marta was wearing shoes when she ran
from the sheriff's
 JY>>>>>>> office to the bonfire, wasn't she?
 RY>>>>>> Only because it was required due to the condition of the
 RY>>>>>> gravel in the street..
 JY>>>>>>> I thought it especially neat that the
sheriff waited until
 JY>>>>>>> there was a West wind and the smoke all
blew across the
 JY>>>>>>> river into Fort Gay, WV. The town was
stoned for a week..
 RY>>>>>> How could you tell it was any different ?
 RY>>>>> ISTR that the leaf count prior to it being stored in the
 RY>>>>> basement of the jail and the leaf count of what was destroyed
 RY>>>>> after that trial was /considerably/ different....
 LB>>>> Nobody tried to pass off bay leaves, eh?

 RY>>> no, indeed, /this/ was the /prime/ sutff, carefully cultivated,
 RY>>> and worth a lot, even in 1978 dollars..

 LB>> Stop it, you're making me weep at the thought........  :-/
 LB>> Mother Natures finest, wasted.....  

 RY> Not hardly, you may have misunderstood.. say that there were 200
 RY> pounds originally seized..{about a pick-up truck load of whole
 RY> plants}. Placed in the "vault" {read basement of the
jail} where it is
 RY> cool and {fairly} dry, due to "reasons not known to the county
 RY> attorney" there were only about half that amount presented at trial..

 RY> You follow this now ?

:)  Bless your heart Ray, I appreciate it when you take my hand, sit me down,
and explain things to me that I take in other directions. X-)  Great story!

 RY> Later, Jack may grace us with the Tale of the Evidentiary
 RY> Moonshine....

You two are great with stories...I'll get the popcorn and Pepsi!

(gotta fly, getting ready for work....will continue at next opportunity)  :)

--- GoldED/W32