Salt Lake Herald | 1904-07-07 | Page 7 | Music Decides Question of Law

Music Decides Question of Law Chicago Tribune On one occasion some time ago all who were present In the court of Jus Justice justice tice at Berlin had the great pleasure of listening to a free performance by Professor Joachim the famous violin violinist 1st It appeared from the evidence that a dealer In musical instruments was cheating a customer by representing that a which he offered for sale at 12 was an instrument meat ment that could be played The great professor was called In as an anan an n witness and taking up the impugned Instrument he proceeded to play upon It Under tinder his big magic fingers It really sounded like a violin but in a afew few fow moments much to the regret of his listeners the maestro laid the In Instrument Instrument strument down with an evident air of contempt But he had secured the ac no accused acquittal The great tenor Mario once had to give a free exhibition of his magnificent cent vocal power In court in order to gain freedom for himself He had bad been arrested in Madrid In mistake for a mischievous political agitator and In vain proclaimed his Identity to the powers that be Finally he was told that t f he really was the famous singer Ms Lis voice was a certain means I of convincing the court of the truth of his claim For seven or eight minutes Mario held all within hearing spell spellbound spellbound bound and he was then allowed to take his departure with profuse apolo apologies gies for his arrest and detention