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Show H DRUNKENNESS DEFINED Bfl Whether or not Colonel Hoosuvelt gets thu B $10,000 ho Is nfter from the newspaper man of Mar- quette, .Michigan, It looks as though this case will glvo us n definition of drunkenness. Press dls- Bl patches comment on the situation as follows: M What constitutes drunkenness Is nnothcr HJ point calculated to afford much argument for Bfl counsel, much quoting, ot authorities nnd consld- Bl ernblo thought on tho part of tho Jurors.' ttJl BH said that drunkenness has been defined In many BH ways by may courts and Is Judged In many ways by many (csts, Including tho conduct of the legs, ability to distinguish colors, remember" one's BB homo nddress clarity or thickness of speech, and n hundred other signs. Tho significance of these Bfl evidences vary with tho Individual according to BJ court decisions, for whllo some men have proved M. completo control of their faculties after many B drinks, others guilty of only ono or two have be- H' haved with great eccentricity nnd hilarity. Bfl Whatever tho definition Is, It will do no moro BJ than nttempt to cover tho caso involved. HH i ? t . |