Show THE READERS READER'S COURTROOM COURTROOM- No Ho Crime to Plead for Kisses By Will Bernard LL.B. Is Is' Is it Is-it it a Crime to Pester A Woman For a Kiss A bachelor got a little drunk one night and decided to pay a visit to toa toa toa a certain young widow friend As she opened the door he asked for fora a kiss She refused He stepped inside inside inside in in- side and repeated his request Again she said no Then he got down on his knees beside her chair and begged for a kiss She said no once nce more and moved to the couch He followed her there r I II Ii I Ir 4 r fk i t ha ii j ya A Il frN I asked asked again and was turned down again Then Thea they returned to the chair chair and and went through the same routine In despair at last the man left The widow later had him arrested arrested arrested ar ar- ar- ar rested on an assault charge but the c court urt found him not guilty Pointing out that the poor fellow I r hadn't even touched the woman the Judge decided that he had all all' already al al- r l' ready been punished enough j A broker went to the barber shop one morning to get a shave and a haircut During the shave the barber barber bar bar- ber inflicted a nasty nick on the theman's theman's theman's mans man's Ad Adams Adam's ms m's apple Later the theman theman theman man developed a case of barbers barber's itch and tiled filed suit for damages At Atthe Atthe Atthe the trial one of the barbers barber's employees employees em em- admitted that razors were not Dot always sterilized b bet between e t w wee e e n shaves The c co court o u r t thereupon grant granted d the brokers broker's claim The judge said that while occasional cuts might be unavoidable the lack of at sanitation A man sued his wife for divorce on grounds of ot adultery At the trial a private detective took the witness stand and testified as to the wife's misconduct But he didn't stop there He added that he had discovered discovered dis dis- dis covered in the course of his in investigation investigation in- in that the husband was guilty of the same thing The court thereupon refused to grant a di di- vorce to either party saying The divorce laws were intended for the relief relict of injured innocence not innocence not to encourage persons of loose morals to live in scandalous way Does the Law Low Ever Encourage Back Bock Seat Driving A man took an town out friend for a ride one Sunday morning to show him the sights of ot the city Soon they came to a busy Intersection tion The motorist not noticing I Ithe the red signal on the corner kept right on nn driving nt at full speed rt HI His 0 0 a passenger realized the situation i rr but didn't say a word Sure enough the car crashed Into another auto mobile that was just emerging from the side street The friend was injured in the collision anc and later sued his host for tor damages on grounds of at careless driving However However However How How- ever the court ruled that the friend had been equally at fault fault- for tor not speaking up The judge said that under the circumstances a little back scat seat driving was wa definitely called lore for |