Show divinity student has a telling defense chicago nov 14 A new point in transfer ethics was raided yesterday when robert morris a divinity student in chicago university was arraigned before justice callahan on a charge ol 01 offering on a cottage grove avenue car a transfer which he biad found in the street morris was arrested by one of the detectives of the city railway company who saw him attempt to uso the transfer he admitted he had found tho transfer in the street and that he anew it was illegal to use it but be said he could not see the of the law ho contended that every nickel spent by patrons of a street car company purchased the maximum ride on the companas comp anys lines and that it the original purchaser did not care to use all of that ride it could be no moral of tense for another person to use what some one else had wilfully thrown away justice callahan held that to ride on a transfer that had been found in the street was less than robbery inasmuch as the company was deprived of a nickel that otherwise would have been spent then you might as well say that I 1 rob the storekeepers when I 1 give away an overcoat which is only halt worn out because I 1 save the recipient of the coat the necessity of buying a new one rejoined morris abe student finally agreed to meet the justice again and thrash the question thoroughly he had me going some was justice callahand Cal lahana comment after bad left the room |