Show t POLICE JUDGES JUDGE'S 1 CHAIR CRUMBLES I A jUr Jury bad t teen been tn examined and I th the s defendants w wr ware rf on hand this morning I and Ih the Or t witness Ot was vas in the chair In Ini Inthe inthe i the trial of or Luclle Whitten and Margaret t I Smith charged 1 with Ith vagrancy ne before I Juo Judge imn n when h n Attorney S I for the defense suddenly b bethought himself him him- I self If of something asked th the clerk dErk for the I j I complaint looked look It Il o over or r anti and moved td adis I missal of or the case I The Jurors looked dlF disappointed the I j Cun county nU attorney removed l hi his hi gaze from fromI I th the ceiling colling his hili f favorite ortt PO pose and nd ol opened n rl his hIli mouth The Tho court turned slightly 1 in his hb chair rind dIF disappeared Pf ai as If It b by mag magic Several Sev e 1 eral lJ In th tue th region of ot the floor nor where It Joins tho the I I rate however that th the court r-ourt wn was 10 tit still present There T was a ii hurried rush rus-h to th the tho rear of If tho the b h inch anti and sov several 1 ial seconds later Inter the Courts Court's chair In three pieces was wen carried r. r from ero th the room The court etl established Itself In a more mOr substantial sub substitute the ripple died d out of or the rl ton spectators ranks and ana one mOr Attorney Attorney At At- tome torney X Newton wt n moved mO 3 a a. Th The defendants lIOk looked hooked une uneasy s They Thoy plainly te red feared the bearing iring the these e unforeseen hap hap- ml might ht have ha on their en Cf hut But ut the court was a r fair tr enough h to note not that the he catastrophe troph Incident nt was but the regular monthly indulgence of ot th the theold old court chair In a breakdown The chair will wiil b be mended menee It always ns has hu b been en When hen Justice had finally r recovered ered her T equilibrium th the motion for dl dismissal was ws looked into the time causes heard slid lid th the t ease dl dismissed d. d Th Trie e count county attorney was wasat nt at a loss JOFS to explain the woeful lack of ot th the complaint In essential r features lures an and re resorted ro sorted sorte to th thu th i somewhat funny tunny excuse that since many oth other r vagrancy charges had been len made mad out In similar manner and as liS convictions had r n f secured on tho those th the court should hould proc proceed ed under the present complaint To this Attorney Newton ewton r replied with the stinging remark that because oth other r d defendants had h h been hoen en Jobbed was as no nor r reason on for tor supposing his hie clients ts were to tort rt receive I e similar r treatment Th The complaint In question alleged that the defendants had bad wandered red upon the street at late lato and nd unusual hours of or th the night ht and there It stopped No Xo reference what whatsoever o oer er was made as 1 to why such ac nc I should b be he considered criminal |