Show THE READERS READER'S COURTROOM COURTROOM- I Rude Friend Better Belter Than None Nose 1 By y Will Bernard LL.B. r Could Could-a a 0 Person Be Fined Just For Being Rude r rA A youth was working on a c construction construction con con- con con- n- n job one afternoon when he suddenly felt sick His cousin who happened to be working with him started to walk the young man toward his house When the youth faltered the cousin grabbed his bis hand and dragged hall him Wm along f fJ J 1 hs P the sidewalk until they got home borne After the young man recovered he hec c had his cousin arrested for handt bandling handling hand hand- t ling him so rudely However the court refused to find the cousin guilty guilty even even though he was not riot as gentle as one more humane and tender might have been The judge said rudeness alone was not nota a crime crime so so long as there was no intent to ure At the set hour a Q condemned murderer was strapped into the chair and the current was turned on To everyone's astonishment the man survived It seems that t something had gone wrong with the electrical mechanism When prison officials announced their Intention t to try again the convict appealed to the United States Supreme Court He claim claimed cd that going through the same ordeal twice was a cruel and unusual punishment punishment and and was 4 unconstitutional However the court refused the mans man's plea A man noticed that the foot 75 pine tree on his neighbors neighbor's front lawn had become badly decayed Fearful of trouble he asked the neighbor to cut the tree down But the neighbor refused saying Its not my responsibility I didn't plant it It was there when I moved in One day during a windstorm the tree toppled down on td the first firstman's firstman's firstman's mans man's house Luckily no one was hurt but the damage to the buildIng building build build- Ing amounted to 1000 The neighbor neighbor neigh neigh- bor disclaimed liability but a acourt acourt acourt court ordered him to foot the bilL bilLIs Is it Unlawful to Enjoy Somebody Else's Troubles A petty politician had a longstanding long standing grudge against a certain city clerk One day the clerk got Into an argument with two other employees ees and the men gave him hima a sound thrashing As it happened the politician witnessed the whole thing and enjoyed it immensely Later the clerk tried to collect damages not damages not only from the two t t t r rY rt t t Y men but also from the politician on the ground ground that he had approved approved ap ape proved the attack However the court ruled that the politician was not liable for anything Said the judge An onlooker Isn't responsible responsible sible for a beating Just because In his heart he be Is secretly pleased to see It happen He Is only responsible responsible sible Bible when he Incites or aids In its commission I 0 |