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Show An old watchman, who used to keep gnard in tho department of justice, from long association with the legal lights In tho building believed he had imbibed a fair share of learning in the law, and so. when one night a telegram addressed to the attorney general came after hours ho had no hesitancy in opening it and reading its message. It asked the question, ques-tion, "Is a man to be held responsible for a crime committed while under the Influence of liquor?" The watchman pondered over this messago for some time, and, as he knew what the influence influ-ence of liquor was, he sent the laconio answer: "No indeed. (Signed) John Jones, in charge of department of justice. jus-tice. " Of course there was an immediate immedi-ate attack on the attorney general for such a decision, and the matter came to the ears of tho department. An investigation inves-tigation "as made and the watchman suspended r three months. That did not worry him, however. With effrontery ef-frontery that simply dumfounded the clerks, he came to the building every pay day during that time of suspension and .drew his salary. "Jzt '"sW'f |