Show IT DIDNT WORK An Attempt to Promulgate Mr Dickson in the Police Court An interesting little incident came up in the Police Court today during the trial of a petit civil suit between one Mrs Shelmerdine and one Mr Ensign The suit was brought by the former to recover three feet of ground which both of them claim The fence between the two lots has stood on a certain line for seyeral years until about three weeks ago Mr Ensign decided that it was three feet too near to him and proceeded forthwith forth-with to move it to what he claims to be the proper place Mrs Shelmerdine now I brings suit for the recovery of the ground I and the case was set for trial today It was decided to have a jury and Mr C 0 Whittemore decided to have one on the latest approved plan The jurors were sworn and the examination was proceeded with When Mr Vhitte more got hold of the jurors he began to ask them if they were willing to take an oath that they would never embrace the divine principleor in other words that they would never embrace more than one wife This was too much for the Court and the questions were promptly overruled This is i a case where the Court found it inconvenient to follow the ruling of the higher authority |