Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 199, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 August 1912 — No Excuse This Time. [ARTICLE]

No Excuse This Time.

"It was a new gun, your honor,” protested the prisoner, "and I did not know tt was loaded." "But,” argued the judge, “the dealer has just told us that you did not pay for the weapon.” “Well, what has that to do with it?” "Well, if you didn’t pay for it, the dealer must have charged it for you.” And the judge tried to look as much like the pictures of Solomon as he could.