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sion, and the officer was stealing a nap as usual, but awoke just in time to hear the judge say in most strenuous tones, "Mr. M, if you are going from this court room you will please do so rcry quietly so as not to disturb the officer at the door."

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THE prisoner at the bar, a small negro boy fourteen years of age, was charged with mur der, it being alleged that by the administra tion of poison he had caused the death of his mother and father. He entered a plea of "not guilty," but the State made out its case beyond any shallow of a doubt and the accused was convicted of murder. On ac count of his tender years, the jury saw fit to recommend him to the mercy of the court. When presented for sentence, being asked by the presiding judge, if he had anything to say why the sentence of the court should not be passed upon him, the boy with a broad grin and a twinkle in his eyes, unhesitatingly responded: "Jedge, all I got to say is, have mussy on me caise I's a orphan." The poor orphan was sentenced to the State prison for the term of his natural life time. HONORABLE HENRY A. CHILDS is known throughout New York State as one of the most dignified and learned judges on the bench. At a recent term of court he was very much annoyed because the officer who was stationed just inside the court room door found the enjoyment of a short nap, now and then, much more to his liking than listening to the arguments of the lawyers and the rulings of the Court. One day a well known attorney was about to leave the court room. Court was in ses

DURING the progress of the Goddard mur der case, in Kansas City, Missouri, some years ago, a colored witness for defendant was on the stand, who testified that he was in the chicken business, and had been in a certain vicinity on the night in question. De fendant's attorney asked this witness what he was doing there-. Here the prosecuting attorney interrupted very gently, saying, "I wouldn't ask him that, he said he was in the chicken business." A FOREIGN born citizen of one of the middle Western States, Pakowski by name, was on trial charged with killing fish by the use of dynamite. He had been seen with the fisn in his possession, but insisted that they had been killed by some one else, and that he had found them dead upon the water. As proof of his entire innocence of taking the lives of these fish he explained that they had been dead so long that some of them had an unsavorv odor. In response to a question upon cross-ex amination, he stated that he was taking them home to feed his family. The prosecuting officer thought he saw an opportunity to make a telling point with the jury. "Do you mean to tell this jury?" he asked, "that you were taking home these dead fish that you have told us about to be eaten by yourself and your family?" "Veil," slowly came the answer, "I never vet eat fish vhat vas not dead."