Life — August 15, 1912 — page 33: what you’re looking at

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Would Swap One of His Lawyers Two Kansas City lawyers, names are withheld for obvious reasons, declare that they were present when the following incident occurred. One says it happened in Memphis, the other in Louis- ville. It really doesn’t matter. Uncle Mose was a chronic thief, who usually managed to keep within the petty larceny limit. One time he miscalculated, however, and was sent to trial on a charge of grand larceny. Have you a lawyer, Mose? the court. Yo, sah.” “ Well, to be perfectly fair, I'll appoint a couple. Mr. Jones and Mr. Brown will act as counsel.” “What's dat “Act as your lawyers—consult with them and prepare to tell me whether you are guilty or not guilty.” “Yes, sah.” Mose talked to his attorneys for a few moments in husky whispers. The judge caught only the several times repeated word alibi. Then Mose arose, scratched his head and addressed the court. “ Jedge, yoh honah,” he said.“ Couse I'se only an ign‘ant niggah, an’ Ah don’ want toh bothah yoh honah, but Ah would suttinly like toh trade yoh honah one ob dese yeah lawyahs foh a witness.” —Kansas City Journal. whose asked Tiere boys from Yale, Princeton and Harvard were in a room when a lady entered. The Yale boy asked languidly if some fellow ought not to give a chair to the lady; the Princeton boy slowly brought one, and the Harvard boy de liberately sat down in it. A Cold Bottled View of the Case th te a mighty attrart somfort by the Evans’ for that outing on the lake or In the woods—The | 4 DIAGRAM SHOWING OW ACCIDENT OCCURRED Om MME Chauffeur Liable for Criminal Negligence Neglected to put on tire chains—adjudged guilty—Damages assessed against him in Scottish Court THE MATTER IN QUESTION refers to an action brought lately in a Scottish Court for damages to two “Tam further of opinion that Brown was negiigent in not paving on noo-ekidding chains, which all the experts would have prevented the accident. With his knowledge of the road, and men and a trap, due to a collision with a motor car : fabs rude ° ve is on which skidded on a slippery road. skidding ehatea'o0 thecars Wey are caaily caryied. ud they enn, In delivering his judgment in favor of theplaintiff,and 88 he admitted, be put on'in a few momenta, On most days and on many roads such non-<l ‘appliances are iy not necessary, but there are occasions—and [ think this was one of they are indispensable, and the man who in euch travels without them, must, I think, be held to bie peril. If the defendant chauffeur had taken the very ordinary wrecaution of carrying the chains in the car and had put them on at ‘top of the hill, the accident would net have happened.’ Weed Chains Eliminate all Danger of Slipping or Skidding assessing damages against the defendant, the learned Judge before whom the case was tried, remarked, among other things: “The accident in question would not have occurred If Brown (the chauffeur) had not neglected to ¢4 chains which had been supplied to were ina slippery and for use when ith him the pon-sidding Tous state, Nine-tenths of all automobile accidents are caused by skidding. Either you akid into the other fellow or the other fellow skids into you. Dangerous conditions are constantly arising. Slippery roads are always imminent. An accident is liable to occur almost any time. 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