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Show The iiuin-Aiilor?iii Swiiw lliiiK?'HKe. j The case of Thomas S. Jlunn, i . ehargil with ohpiining gootls uiuler false pretences, was be lore Juslicc Clinton yesterday, anil occupied air most the entire tlay. The case summed up from the evidence in a few wonls is as follows: II. Y. Anderson had several men employed for him, among whom was Dunn. There were various stuns of money due these employes from Anderson, An-derson, and ho requested that Dunn would sell a number of cracker packing pack-ing boxes and about 200 pounds oi Hour, iiiid the money to he received for those articles was to lie divided among the employes, Mr. Dunn include!. in-clude!. The latter sold the goods, but instead of receiving money for them took l promissory note with sixty days to run. and this note so made out to his name.' The note wtis given to Mr. Anderson, who trial to dispose of the same, but could not, and therefore- he had Mr. Dunn arrested ar-rested for swindling. The evidence throughout showed there was no intention on the part of, Mr. Dunn to swindle, and that the action which lie took in the transao. tion was strictly honorable. The dc-fendant dc-fendant was discharged, mid the Justice Jus-tice ordered that when the money should become due, and was collected it should be divided among the creditors, credi-tors, as was the original arrangement. |