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Show FIVE BAYS FOR BEING A LIAR Police Judge J. D. Murphv does not believe in a man lying ubout his age, He believes that is the exclusive 1 privilege of woman, and any infringe-. infringe-. ment upon her unveraclous rights should be punished according lo law. j I P. Herrington. now seivlng live days in the city prison, made the discovery dis-covery to his regret this morning. Herrington appeared before the judge on a charge of being unlaw fully drunk. He pleaded guilty lo the charge, et the judge looked upon him with compassion because the prisoner pris-oner appeared to be a man who had ! faced many winters and with whom time had not dealt altogether kindly. Surely time had not passed him without with-out leaving tile evidence of threescore three-score years upon his face. Herrington Herring-ton was gray-haired and his sunken Hps told the silent story of his teeth's decay. No one would have guessed 1 Herrington to be less than Co years old ami many would have read his ago at 70 years. "How old are yon?" asked the judge In kindly tones. "I'm 41 years old, your honor," replied re-plied the prisoner, straightening up his year-burdened shoulders a triile The judge's tone changed The sympathy for the aged man. which had welled up In the judicial breast, had soured. j "Pll give you five days in prison for I lying about your age. ' said the Judge, and the man was bd from the court room to the prison. |