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Show 60Y TOOK CHANCE OFFERED Indiana Judge Had Faith in Human Nature, and It was Not Misplaced Mis-placed on This Occasion. A judge sitting as the juvenile court in an Indiana town was trying a boy ou a charge of stealing stamps from his employer. The evidence was purely pure-ly circumstantial. The boy had cleaned his employer's desk and a short time later he tried to sell to another an-other employee the same number of stamps that had been missed from the desk. The judge considered the evidence evi-dence of the men who worked at the same place and then called the policeman police-man who had arrested the boy. "Now," said the court, "did either of you see this boy take the stamps?" "No, your honor, but the boy has made a full confession to us." The court looked at the boy, who winced slightly at this statement. "Well," the court concluded, "that may be. But I'm for absolute justice in this court, and nobody saw the boy take the stamps. The defendant is discharged." The next day the boy returned the stamps to his employer. Indianapolis News. |
