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Show DRAWN ON A JURY. :', Why "Thatcher Magoin" wan so Eeadily Excused by the Judge Prom , , ... ; .Jury .Service-. 'contentment in the aemy. A Visit Euskin Paid Carlisle Tattooing Algerian Girls Molar . . Notes. VoutVs Companion. In New York some years ago a summons sum-mons commanding Thatcher Magoin to present himself for service in the jury box was returned to the commissioner of jurors, with the information that it had been served on the wrong party. In such cases, however, as is well known, no ordinary excuse is accepted. "Magoin," said the commissioner, "must appear in perron and show cause why he should not be a juror." "He can't come," was the reply. "He's too busy." '.,.. "Such an excuse will not help him. He must come or suffer the consequences of fineand imprisonment," said the commissioner com-missioner sternly. "If lie did come he'd make things bot for you! Besides, it'll take derrick and truck to bring him here. He turns the scales at five thousand pounds." The commissioner expressed the opinion opin-ion that the speaker had been drinking. "I'm as sober as you be," said the representative rep-resentative of the absent juror. "Thatcher "Thatch-er Magoin is a steam engine located at the foot of Fletcher street. Years ago I was employed by a man named Thatcher Magoin, and I called my engine on Pier 19, East river, after him. ' When the directory di-rectory man came to the dock to get names he saw the name on the engine, and he thought 'twas the name of the boss,' so he put it down in his book." It is needless to say that "Mr. Magois" was exoused. from jury duty.' |