Democratic Sentinel, Volume 19, Number 21, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 31 May 1895 — Not Guilty. [ARTICLE]

Not Guilty.

The most popular man in a Western town once got into a difficulty with a disreputable tough who was the terror of the place, and whipped him In a manner eminently satisfactory to the entire community. It was necessary to vindicate the majesty of the law, however, and the offender was brought up for trial on a charge of assault with intent to kill. The jury took the case and were out about two minutes, when they returned. “Well,” said the Judge, In a familiar, off-hand way, “what does the jury have to say?” “May it please the Court,” responded tho foreman, “we, the jury, flud that the prisoner is not guilty of hlttin' with Intent to kill, but simply to paralyze, and he done It”