Rensselaer Republican, Volume 25, Number 4, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 September 1892 — A Fine Legal Poiut. [ARTICLE]

A Fine Legal Poiut.

Detroit Free Press, The tratnp was before the examining court for stealing a horse, “Guilty or not guilty?” asked the Court. “Not guilty, Yer Honor,” was the prompt response. “Weren’t you caught riding the horse?” “Yes, Yer Honor.” “No, Yer Honor.” “Or borrow him?” “No, Yer Honor.” “Then you must have stolen him.” “I didn’t Yer Honor.” “What do you call it, then?” “I don’t know, Yer Honor,” and the prisoner was puzzled. “It’s this way: I was goin' along the road and the horse was goin’ the same way, an’ I just got on him an’ rid him. Now, if I had got on him an’ rid him t’other way you might call that stealin’; but I didn’t. Now, what do you call it, Yer Honor?” The Court took it under advisement.