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Show MOWS COURTROOM bid Temper in Court By Will Bernard, LLB. I Lose His Courtroom? and his neighbor had sbout the ownership 'Je dispute was finally "- When the neighbor 'ess stand, he was r he honestly believed He replied: "Posi--waged, the carpen- A wooden chest, evidently lost from a passing ship, was washed up onto the seashore property of a retired captain. A beachcomber noticed the chest, liked it, and hauled it to his cottage. When the captain found out what had occurred, oc-curred, he sued the beachcomber for the value of the chest. The latter argued that neither of them really owned it-so the first finder could keep it. However, the court upheld the captain's claim. The judge said that the owner of the seashore property has prior rights Is Shaving a "Necessity" In the Eyes of the Low? A certain town passed a "Blue Law" which prohibited all labor on Sundays except for "works of necessity." One Saturday night a man went to the barber shop for a shave. However, before his turn came he became ill and had to go home. The next morning, at his special request, the barber went to istl( and smacked his :ss the cheek! The 7U fed a damage hot-headed car-ret car-ret Pleaded that the Per"made me mad." d'ded that wasn't cse. Holding the ; . the judKo said that f M of temper have 'Court of justice. l00t health, uked to u?y visiting "ier. These visits, about once a t,as W several weeks ' husba,,d raised no L u kept a writer writ-er .Cos of each stay c,., the husband ,; ' claim dgillnst ner "vices tendered " ' U:' -Jcctod his f '"atsueh "ser re Presumed to be his shop and gave the man a shave. Someone reported the incident to the police, and the barber was arrested He argued that, under the circumstances, the Sunday shave was a "necessity" But the court couldn't see it that way and 1 found h,m gu.lty The judge said the cus tamer wouldn't have be r, any worse oft if He "..I,.'! o,.en ".s sh;ive ' M |