Show A jury trial A member of the philadelphia tar says the times of that ty was trying a case before one ot the judges of the common pleas courts in the course of his closing address he noticed that both judge and jury looked wearied he Is well known tor the tunny stories he tells when illustrating a point so when he said that reminds me ot a story the court and jury looked in te rested al once he proceeded to tell a particularly long drawn out and pointless yarn and there were guised signs of disappointment on the faces of every one present particularly that ot the judge mr A he said I 1 fall to see the point in that story so do I 1 replied the lawyer it ie one your honor told me coming in on the car this morning since I 1 failed to see the joke I 1 thought I 1 would give it a trial by jury |