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Show a chivalrous man, but that his ruling was right. Theft to keep innocent babies ba-bies from perishing" of hunger can scarcely be called a crime. JUSTIFIABLE STEALING. Why a Kentucky Judere Set Aside n Verdict of a Jury. "I heard the late Judge John. B. Grace, of the court of appeals of Kentucky, Ken-tucky, set aside the verdict oft n jur' once uu'CS. circumstances that to my mind did him infinite, credit," said representative rep-resentative John S. Khea, of that state, according to the Washington Pest. "It seems that a poor woman, who was on the verge of starvation and who was the sole support of four little chil- dren, went into a neighbor s smokehouse smoke-house and purloined a piece cf bacon. The proof was positive ivrd the jury reluctantly returned a verdict of guilty. When the finding cf the jury was read Judge Grace, who at that time presided pre-sided over the Fourteenth judicial district, dis-trict, rising to his feet, said in the most emphatic tones: 'The court orders that the verdict in this case be set aside, and I want to declare here that in all cases where an unforttinate woman is-on trial forttc"-ing forttc"-ing food, taken to keep her offspring from starving, it will require 13 men to convict her of the crime in- this ccurt. The defendant is discharged frcm cv.z-tody. cv.z-tody. ' ' . "The announcement was greeted with applause, from the spectators, and the general sentiment was that Judr-c Grace Lad acted not only as belt to ' |