Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 67, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 March 1911 — Reason Enough. [ARTICLE]

Reason Enough.

A negro near Xenia, 0., had been arrested for chicken stealing. He had stolen so many that hlB crime had be come grand larceny. He was tried and convicted, and brought In for sentence. “Have you any reason to offer why the judgment of the court should not be passed upon you?” he was asked. “Well, jedge," he replied, “I cain’t go to jail now nohow. I’m bulldln’ a shack out yonder, an’ I jus’ cain’t go till I git it done. You kin sholy see dat.” —Philadelphia Saturday Evening Post