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Show Ax interesting caso in the courts at riuliitlelphia recently proves that the qualitr of mercy is not strained. A man was ou trial for shooting the betrayer be-trayer of hi: home. There was no question that he had actually shot the man as charged and was guilty under the law. The jtigde charged the jury that they must not be led away by sentiment, sen-timent, and that an acquittal would be striking a blow at the administration of the law. They accordingly found the prisoner guilty, the majesty of tho law was vindicated, and then the judge vindicated vin-dicated man's right to preserve the in-. in-. tegrity of his home by discharging him. X.aw and equity and the common sense of mankind sometimes meet and shake hands. |