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Show Relic of Old-Time Justice. The case of Justus Smith, charged with intoxication June 14, 18G5, was ' only disposed in a New York city court a few days ago, thirty-seven years late.' The papers were only then found and who Justus Smith was and where he is or where tho policeman who made the arrest is if indeed either of them is alive may never be known. Justice Togan, however, who indorsed the charge, is living and thinks it a relic of the days when returning soldiers were often arrested for their protection without any purpose of prosecuting the charges. |