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Show John O. Matting was saved from a fine, not by the ?kin of his teeth, but by cno of his landlady' teeth. Mrs. Laura Brown had charged him with asshnll and claimed that he kiioeked one of her teeth oui. Matthews and hn wife flatly denied Mrs'. Brown's .story. As Judge Diehl had seen Mrs. Brown before tne alleged as-sanlL as-sanlL ho took Judicial cognizance of the fact that the tooth was missing at that time, and found tho defendant not guilty. This Is not what Jn.ck London calls the law of tooth and fang, but 'Justice after the pattern of King Solomon. ii ' Duckfool Weber, was sentenced to thirty days for drunkenness. Ho was out all of tw!nty-four hours after the expiration of Ms former sentence' and feels quite proud ol tho achievement. "Officers Brown and Leaker testified that W. C. Jncob.son tus in tho habit of allowing allow-ing a poor old skeleton of a horse, covered with whip marks and sores, to stand un-blankoted un-blankoted for hours at a time during these cold night. Jacobson, who Is a llsh peddler, ped-dler, swore that the horso was fed on all the delicacies of (lie season and that Ins attenuation was due to indigestion, "What lookrt like whip marks," he said, "Is caused by chicken lice." "1 think wo had better subpoana tho horse, us a witness in ibis case." said the qour't. "Bring him here tomorrow and I will render my decision." - c Peter Anderson "Just eoom In the odder uny." Divers drinks disturbed his powers of locomotion and the poIlc did the rest. The court consented to overlook his Indiscretion. |