Show AN AN INTERESTING QUESTION PHILADELPHIA JURY TRIED IN VAIN for two A davs days Jast week to decide if a man who is too ill IU to t work is isn well n enough to play draw dray poker At first blush the ques question question quesE E tion tiO does not appear to be one likely to come ome before a court for settlement But it did in the suit of a Philadelphian Philadelphia against a a asick aCk asick sick Ck benefit society in in which the defense was set up that the tile 1 plaintiff tift was well enough to play poker and hence too well tally cHy to profit by a sick benefit In Iii well regulated the boy who says he is too sick to attend school chol is kept in bed the theory being that such con COll confinement t is necessary if the boy really re is ill and an excellent punishment punish ent if he is shamming sickness No Nj such uch punishment or QI cE protection prot can l be given an u adult hence the t tI interest that Attaches to the case that came before the Philadelphia court It sometimes happens that thata a jury jury is is justified in in failure to toree gree ree upon a verdict but twelve tw e nen Selected to pass upon pon a q of such vital public importance ce be restrained and kept locked ed up until their r contrariety po departs and they reach a conclusion Id fethe the legal legaJ guidance of their brethren elsewhere j i |