Garland Globe | 1906-04-14 | Page 7 | Cost Him $50

Cost Him $50. "When Chief Justice Chnso was presiding In one of tho country courts af Vermont an appeal caBo front n lustlce's. court enmo up beforo him ?o small nnd contemptible In its arlgln thnt he ordered It stricken Trom the docket. The caso was whero a turkey had trespassed upon the garden gar-den of n neighbor nnd got shot for Its dcpredntlons. Tho owner brought suit to recover damages, and, falling beforo tho Justice, hnd appealed tho case. Judge Chnso was angry, nnd when he ordered the case from tho docket snid: " 'The lnwypr who consented to appeal ap-peal this case ought to be thrown from the window of tho courtroom. Why didn't ho hnvc the case referred to some of the honest neighbors for settlement?' "'Becnuse, your honor, retorted the nttorney, getting hot under the collnr, 'It was our Intention not to let honest people have unythlng to do with it.' "True, this was n neat retort, but It cost tho lawyer Just an oven $50 for contempt of court." The Green Bug