Show NO CRIME TO HUG AND KISS Not an Attempt to Do Violence But Generally an Evidence of Affection Affec-tion Man Acquitted Baltimore MdIn tho habeas corpus cor-pus case of James Fisher before Judge Elliott in the court of common pleas the point arose as to whether hugging and kissing Is a crime Fisher Fish-er had been committed by Justice Robert W Bench to jail for five years nail fined 25 and costs on the charge of assaulting a girl In Baltimore by hugging and kissing her Thomas J Mason who represented Fisher mmm doa do-a point that hugging and kissing was not n crime nor an attempt to do violence vio-lence but generally was an evidence of affection und as the charge did nqt show that Fishers action was against tho will of the girl the prisoner should be discharged Judge Elliott smiled and ordered the prisoner discharged dis-charged without comment Fisher already had served a year of his sentence sen-tence counting time off for good behavior be-havior j j I |