Show THE READERS READER'S COURTROOM COURTROOM- Wife of Arsonist Is Innocent By Will Bernard LL.B. I May a Wife be Punished For Her Husbands Husband's Crime The wife of a n druggist went to pick him up at his store late one night While she waited for him at atthe atthe atthe the counter he went to the basement basement base base- ment poured kerosene on some rags and start started d a fire Then they e left The store burned almost to the ground However an investigator for tor the insurance company figured out what happened and the couple were arrested for arson The court decided that the druggist was ined indeed indeed in in- deed ed guilty but his wile wife was not The judge explained that even though she was at the scene of the crime and probably knew what her husband was up to to she still hadn't actually lifted a finger to help him S S S A man got on a train without a ticket and when the conductor came along flatly refused to pay for tor his passage The conductor angrily angrily an an- dragged the man to the door and unceremoniously shoved him out even though the train was already on its way The man later had the conductor arrested on a charge of assault and battery The Thet t conductors conductor's excuse was that the train going very fast but the court held him guilty anyhow The Judge figured that the pas pas- lenger deserved more court courtesy cay 1 I A crotchety old bachelor became very angry whenever the children in the neighborhood got onto his property One day he spied a buy boy climbing over the fene into his yard As the boy dropped to t the e ground the old man mun his bulldog on the intruder The boy was badly bitten and later sued the bachelor for damages The man insisted that the young joung trespasser trespasser tres trespasser passer had gotten only what wha he deserved but the court didn't see it that way The judge held the man responsible S S S SIf If a Man Puts on a Disguise And Scares Somebody Is He Legally Liable One evening a a mischievous young man decided to to have a little fun He dressed himself in women's clothing donned a veil picked up a parasol and went tapping tapping tapping tap tap- ping his way over to his neighbors neighbor's house The lady next door evidently evidently evi evi- dently sensing something peculiar in the approaching figure ran JP 1111 screaming to her husband But Bui when the husband seized a baseball bat and rushed forward to do battie battle battle bat bat- tle tie the prankster hastily made his Identity known The woman was so upset by the incident that she sued the young man for assault However However However How How- ever the court decided that no assault assault as as- sault had been committed The judge said that far tar from being malicious malicious ma ma- licious the young man was only trying to be playful I |