Show THE READERS READER'S COURTROOM COURTROOM- Show Them No Mercy Judge By Will Bernard LL.B. Should a Judge Let Sympathy Affect His Decisions A man walked into a bank one day pith a suitcase full of dynamite dynamite dyna dyna- mite and demanded in cash When the money wasn't forthcoming he dropped the bag bag bag- and blew up the bank A customer was painfully injured In the blast J and later sued suad the bank for dam dam- ages However the court denied the mans man's claim on the ground that there was no evidence of negligence negligence negligence gence on the part of the bank Said the judge It Is Impossible to consider con con- ider sider this mans man's Injury without profound sympathy But sympathy although one of the noblest sentiments sentiments senti senti- ments of our nature has no place in the administration of law One of the most popular gadgets at a certain amusement park was a punching bag t to test your strength One Saturday morning a husky year 18 old boy put in a penny wound up and swung with all his might The bag snapped back so fast and so hard that it broke the youths youth's armi When he sued the owner of the park for damages the latter protested that customers have to watch out for themselves s. s But the court disagreed und and granted the young mans man's claim for damages A college student went to a drug drugstore drugstore drugstore store one morning and asked the druggist to inject a strong cathartic into a chocolate bon bonbon The druggist drug gist cheerfully complied Then the student gave the candy to a friend just just for fun Unfortunately the friend didn't appreciate the joke He got mad at the student student but but he got twice as mad at th the druggist In fact he had the druggist arrested arrested arrested ar ar- ar- ar rested on a charge of assault and battery The druggist said he had followed instructions but the court held him guilty If You Find Something And Know Whose it is Must You Return it The first customer of the day Ina in ina ina a certain butcher shop was a woman woman wom worn an named Mrs Johnson Just after she left leU the store the butcher spied a wallet on the floor His helper exclaimed That must be Mrs Johnsons but the butcher just put the wallet in his pocket and p I I said nothing about it ft Later Mrs Johnson found out what had happened hap hap- and had the butcher arrested arrested arrested ar ar- ar- ar rested for theft He protested that he couldn't be held for theft since he hadn't actually taken the wallet walle but had merely found round it However the court decided that his conduct amounted to Just about the same thing and found him guilty a as charged |