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Show NO CRIME TO STEAL RUM. sal of a Rhode Inland Jury to Convict Two SeK-Confesed Burglars. ;oviDENcn, R, I., Oct. 3. "You walk right out of this court house," Attorney General Slocum to Ed-i Ed-i Grady, one of the alleged Burrill-burglars, Burrill-burglars, today, when the jury reed re-ed a verdict of not guilty in the of John Hart, Grady's companion, attorney general was very much lexed. The jury looked on with ase iuterest, and Judge Wilbur hed. "There is no case against Grady, and I nolle pros the in-inent in-inent of burglary against you. The finds that it is no crime to commit :larv and get away with a whole oadofrumand cigars." Tho ac-i ac-i Grady and Hart, were arrested ily on a charge of burglary coined coin-ed in Burrillville and jointly in-d. in-d. The state's case was strong, only aid the officers, but several ens, give damaging evidence to the t that Hart and Grady had corn-id corn-id the robbery. Grady confessed implicated Hart. After a long in the jnrv room tho agreement reached iif "Not guilty." Two of leading prohibitionists of up-country 'Is were on the jury, aud it is as-'d as-'d they argued that it was no crime leal rum iu the night or day time, illy the others gave in. |