Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1910-04-01 | Page 9 | Color Cuts No Figure

COLOR CUTS CUTS NO O FIGURE I Negro Porter Awarded Damages for False Arrest and Imprisonment New Now York March 31 George W Griffin a negro porter was awarded 1000 damages for false arrest and Imprisonment from Daniel M 11 Brady a manufacturer by a jury In the su supreme supreme supreme preme court here today The verdict attracted Interested from the fact that on a former trial of the case before Justice Dugro the court courtin in setting aside a verdict of 2500 as excessive laid down the dictum that thata a colored man could not suffer shame to the same extent as a white man as the result of false arrest In charging the Jury In the present trial Justice J McCall expressed an opinion diametrically diametrically diametrically cally opposite The tribunal of justice has nothing to do with the color of a mans skin the court charged therefore It is your duty to return a verdict on the evi evidence evidence evidence dence without considering in any way the race or color of this defendant