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Show Not a Common Criminal. Ono tlmo Col. Rill Hackney of Win-field Win-field was Indicted by the grand Jury for betting on election nlong with several sev-eral other men Hackney stood In with tho Judge Tho defendants all pleaded guilty Before passing sentence sen-tence on tho bunch tho Judge took Hackney Into the side room nn.I asked . ' "How much shall I flno you, 11111?" "What aro sou going to soak tho rest of the bunch for?" asked Hackney. Hack-ney. "Oh, I think I will give them $1 and costs," said tho Judge. "Well, I don't want to bo treated as a common criminal," said Hackney. "Just flno mo $50 and costs." And tho Judgo took his sat on tho bench ard did so Kansas City Journal. |