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Show Escape of a Pennsylvania Jury. ' "Bargain stands as It Is. Each party pays half the costs. Jury escaped." This is tho entry ln the docket of ' Justice ot tho Peace Thomas Allen ot Mercer county after a suit over a horse trado. The Jury retired and soon a slip ot paper was handed Justice Jus-tice Allen bearing the Jury's verdict that the deal should stand and tho costs be divided between tho litigants. Declaring that no such verdict should bo rendered in his court, tho Justice went to the Jury room. Ho found the windows up and saw the Jurors scam- perlng down tho snow-covered hill. Philadelphia Record. ' |