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Show A Zealous Attorney. - An employe of the arsenal here was on trial recently In one of the minor courts of the district for stealing fifty pounds of powder. His work was to remove powder from damaged! shells, and" It was alleged In the warrant and- charged In the Indictment that he had taken fifty pounds of the explosive ho had scraped out of the projectiles and sold It to a second-hand dealer here. They had fifty pounds of powder in a bag ao an exhibit ex-hibit There was a Jury. The Prosecuting Attorney, zealous to punish the malefactor, male-factor, proved) that he had stolen more than fifty pounds of powder. He showed the man had stolon 250 pounds. The Jury 'went out. After half an hour word came to the Judge that the jury wanted some Instructions. They came In. The foreman said "Your Honor, we find that this man haa stolen powder. Fifty pounds of' It has been ahown here and Identified as powder taken ta-ken from the shells. But It has been proved, that ho stole 250 pounds of powder, and what we want to know Is whether the fifty pounds of powder shown here as an exhibit Is the Identical fifty pounds he Is charged with stealing in tho indictment, la this fifty pounds r of powder the fifty pounds ho stole, or Is It another of thi fifty poundn that go to make up the 250 pounds In the total amount ho ' stole? What fifty pounds did he steal, as charged in this indictment?" indict-ment?" The court did not know. The Prosecuting Prose-cuting Attorney did not know, and the Jury let the man go. Washington Cor. Philadelphia Record. |