Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 252, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 November 1917 — Fixed the Verdict [ARTICLE]

Fixed the Verdict

One of the shortest summings up on record is believed to be that by the late Commissioner Kerr at the Old Bailey in a case where a man was charged with being In the unlawful possession of a gold watch and chain. The appearance of the prisoner certainly did not correspond with the legitimate possession of such costly ornaments, but he asserted his Innocence of the charge, and declared that he had found the watch and chain on the pavement. The judge looked at the man In the dock and then at the men In the box. “Gentlemen of the jury,” he said, “I have walked over the pavements of London during the last forty years, and I’ve never found a gold watch and chain there yet. Consider your verdict And the verdict was “Guilty.”—London Tit-Bits.