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the law ought to be, for he took the position that this involuntary confession ought not to be admitted in evidence. The court overruled his objection, and the case was tried, the only evidence of guilt elicited being the defendant's alleged flight and the forced confession. Old " Joe " re fused to give up his position; and the follow ing is a sample from his argument : — "Gentelum of the Jewry you must 'quit this here man; that ther' cornfession ain't no proof; they runned him, an' they kotched him, an' he was skeered an' afeered, an' he rcvulged on hisself." The defendant was acquitted. Judge Kellen was for many years Police Judge of St. Louis. An old Irishwoman named O' was often before him in con sequence of her too great fondness for " a drap of the cratur." One Monday morning she was called up, and the clerk read the charge : — "Mary O', found drunk in the street." "What plea do you want to enter, Mary?" said the Judge. "Well, yer honer," said Mary, " I 'II not be pl'adin' at all to that charge, it's too gineral; it don't say what strate." The court had the charge amended after inquiring of the policeman who made the arrest what street he had found Mary on, and good-humoredly let her off with a small fine as a compliment to her knowledge of pleading, acquired by her long experience in his court.

"There is no such law," asserted the scion of the old Virginia family. "Well, but there is, and it was so laid down by the Supreme Court of the United States in Smith ï'. Jones," said he for the defendant. "If there ever was such a decision, the man who made it was an ass," said his opponent. "I cannot help that," said the other; " I can produce the report of the decision." The court took a recess for half an hour for them to go to the law library and look the matter up. At the end of the time they came into court, and the justice resumed his seat, when Colonel , the Virginian, arose and delivered the following remarks : — "Your honor, I wish to retract my remarks concerning that question of law. There is such a decision of the United States Supreme Court, and the opinion was written by my grandfather. I am satisfied that the decision is a sound one."

An old-time Missouri judge was in the habit of dissipating a little while on the cir cuit. On one occasion he spent the evening with an old constituent, and they imbibed several " drams" of native rye, and were cor respondingly familiar and convivial. The judge came up sober the following morning, and opened court at the usual hour. His old friend, however, was not so fortunate, and came into court, which was in session, very much intoxicated, and exclaimed from near the door, — "Mornin', Jedge, I 'm a boss." The judge pretended not to hear him, Two prominent St. Louis lawyers, one of when he again called out, much louder, — "Say, Jedge, I 'm a boss; donch'er hear?" them a grandson of a former Justice of the United States Supreme Court, from Vir The judge could not disregard this, and ginia, were recently trying a case before a responded, — "Mr. Sheriff, take charge of that 'boss,' justice of the peace. During the trial a question was raised, and the attorney for the and lock him up in a stable." The old fellow was marched off to jail, to defendant declared the law, as he under become a soberer if not a wiser man. stood it.