Show THE READERS COURTROOM tricks no treat for murderer by will bernard may the police use trickery to obtain a confession A wealthy recluse was found slain in his garage one night and suspicion fell upon a woman who lived nearby however the police did not arrest tier her at once instead a detective called at her house pretending to be a cos cosne tica salesman ile he managed to draw the woman into conversation and she confided that she was in hot water lie he replied toll tell me all JUDGE I 1 hoodwinked about it ive got a magic potion that will keep you out of trouble lel I 1 thereupon the woman confessed the murder and of course was as immediately arrested at the trial she protested that the confession had been obtained by trickery however the court said that matter and found the woman guilty the judge pointed out that blat the trick was designed merely to bring out the truth an actor was wa a divorced say oy his wife on grounds ground I of immoral conduct at the trial the main battle was for custody of the couples 12 year old daughter it seems that the mother had been rather careful and firm with the girl while the father had pampered her and humored her in every possible way As might be expected she told the court that she chose to go with her father but in spite of this preference the judge gran granted t custody of the child to the i mother ther for or the good of the girl her elf A man who 11 ir ed in a small ap apartment a t decicc move to I 1 larger r ger quarters since his lease st still had six months to run he subleased sub leased the place to a woman after getting the consent of 0 the landlord A few ew weeks liter later the woman skipped town when the landlord demanded that the man keep up the rent payments he flatly re fused fu sedon on the ground that the land lord had consented to the sublease however the court felt elt differently and held the man responsible for the womans comans act must a will be written in ink while thumbing through a maga zine line in a dentists waiting room a man came upon a form for or matting making out a will on the spur of 0 the moment he seized a pencil filled out the form and tucked it in hi his s pocket A few weeks later the man died when his widow found out that thai all her husbands husband s property had EN K I 1 I 1 NS LL W been left to his brother she went to court to contest the validity of 0 the will she argued that a document of such importance ts Is no good unless made out in ink however the court disagreed and held the will valid the judge said that even though the man had been foolish to use se a pencil the will was just as legal as if birtten in indelible ink |