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Show Indian Justice of the Peace. Antoine Jackson, a full-blooded Indian, In-dian, known familiarly as "Kanaka Jack," has been elected Justice of the peace for the reservation adjacent to Tacoma. Although he can neither read nor write, he is said to fill his office with dignity. The first case he had to deal with which came under his notice the other day, was that of a man arrested arrest-ed upon the charge of carrying concealed con-cealed weapons. The Indian Judge demonstrated that the alleged culprit could not force the entire revolver In question into any of his pockets and therefore dismissed the case. Although the court's reasoning web not based on Blackstone and Kent, It was strictly strict-ly In accordance with the evidence. |