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Show A Jary Tbat Coul In'l Dlvafraa. A pcullar thing btpponod In United fit ales .ludgo Lncombos court jestc-v day One juryman aat upon n cac Kmfle Vstublc, a dapper little Fnnco-American, Fnnco-American, hai tlio proud irivllego of rei roaentlng a Jury of twelro persons, "peers" of tho defendant In tho suit. XJo seemed to wnjoy the ftffalr hugely Tho suit was hrooglit byUcorgnW. Km ngilnit tho at. I'aul Firo ltmtr-nnco ltmtr-nnco compauy On Jnn SU, lbOl, slsty-tlvo slsty-tlvo barrels of splrita shipped by him oer tho Mckcl Plato rood woro destroyed de-stroyed by tire, nn 1 suit was brought to compel tho insurance company to pay toosnmof t'l.sO Judge Uuombo, after testimony hai been introd need and argument hod, dl rectod the Jurymau lo hud fur the lain till In the full amount, with costs, which no very promptly did It was u gooil thing, said Juror Votablo arterward, "that tho juJgo dl-rtttl dl-rtttl mo what kind of a verdict to bring, for If ho ha 1 1 ot tho jury would most certainly havo disagreed." New iurk Advertiser |