Democratic Sentinel, Volume 2, Number 27, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 August 1878 — “Crime is Born in the Mind.” [ARTICLE]

“Crime is Born in the Mind.”

A man was once brought before the late Judge Stevens, of Lawrence, charged with a petty offense. The respondent proved that the offense was committed across the line, in the town of Salem, N. H., and pleaded in bar to the jurisdiction of the court. “ Exactly,” replied the court, “but you had your mind on it in Lawrence, and I fine you $5 and costs. "—Boston Post,