Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 164, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 July 1912 — A New Leap. [ARTICLE]

A New Leap.

A newly qualified judge In one of the email towns of the south was try* lug one of his first criminal eases. The accused was an old colored mhn, who was charged with robbing a hencoop. He had been In court before on a similar charge, and was then acquitted. “Well, Tom,” began the Judge, ‘1 see you’re In trouble again.” “Yes, sah replied the prisoner. “The last time. Jedge, you was nrn lawyer.” “Where is your lawyer this tlmeT” asked the judge. “I. ain’t got no lawyer this time,” answered Tom, “I’m gwlne to tell the truth!”