Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 44, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 February 1916 — CAUTIOUS JUDGE. [ARTICLE]

CAUTIOUS JUDGE.

“Safety First” seems to be the motto ~ of some of the Judges in the West Indies. When an alien prisoner is brought before them, they consider the possibility of a gunboat from the culprit’s native land popping in to make trouble. It is said that a Haiti magistrate on examining a prisoner found that be was from Switzerland. “Switzerland,” he mused. “Switzerland has no seacoast, has It?** “No seacoast, your honor," said the interpreter. "And no navy?", ■ “No navy, your honor." “Very well, then,” said the Judge, “I’ll give him a year of hard labor.”