Show A RIGHTEOUS VERdICT F Dl j I LAW T AW COURTS as a usual thing are br areLI LI the last places In the th world jn n which to look for human humai sympathy and human emotion The lh judge j ge who in n private life Ute is ia a 0 warmhearted philan philanthropic philanthropic philanthropic man becomes on the bench beich the incarnation of coldness c and self slon sion The court officer lovable lova le though he may be In his family sees nothing but his duty when he enters the court courtroom courtroom courtroom room It Is pleasant therefore to note the occasional exception to the rule Such an an exception was presented recently re recently recently in New York City May Hulton was on oa trial for killing the man who had won her love and betrayed her She told her story on the witness stand In a afew few broken sentences She had known the man since childhood He said he loved her herand herand herand and she returned his The Theman T Theman e eman man Was naS as u tI vile vUe beast ob OS object object In winning the love lovd lo of this thIn girl g rI was waa wn the gratification t bestial pas jia passion Pa sion slon When she begged him to marry her he struck her and swore at itt her herThen herThen herThen Then she shoe shot him to death The hearing was before Judge Aspin Aspinall all Jl An account of the trial says that when hen the he gIrl girt had finished d her h r story tOrY the courts eyes were most The then twelve men n In the jury ury box bb x were ere bend bendIng be nd Ing lug their eyes upon the floor so that their U fellow Jurymen could o ld not see sea their tears The district attorney attorn y who had made but little attempt to o prost prose prosecute cute the defendant was arf affected at as aj were the Finaly Judge Aspin Aspinall all turned toward the Jury arid Id bald aid This Is Js a most extraordinary case The unfortunate girl cannot be held for the murder of this man I there therefore therefore therefore fore direct you to acquit her herAnd herAnd And the jury did acquit her prompt promptly ly by willingly triumphantly Is there a aman aman aman man or a woman with human Instincts ts who will not endorse the action of ot Judge and jury jur The girl was technically guilty of murder m Of that there can gan n be no doubt but she had removed ved from earth a man who had no right to ex exist exIst let she had killed km d one who ho had h d ruined r ined her life Ufe The old old law of a life lite for a alife alife alife life Is not always a Ii safe rule Iule of con conduct duet duct but In this Instance it was y s right An unwritten law says that a man manIs manis manis Is Justified III In killing the destroyer r of or his home the seducer of his daughter The girl Ir in this case had no father to act for her She had hadt to act for herself hersel and she was Justified If there were more women with her courage there ther would be fewer In this world to take ta e advantage e of helpless trusting 1 women S |