Rensselaer Republican, Volume 27, Number 39, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 June 1896 — The Judge’s Musical Instrument. [ARTICLE]

The Judge’s Musical Instrument.

A new typewriter story comes from India. It appears that one of the English judges in India was an expert on the machine, and it occurred to him to use it for the making of judicial notes. The machine was conveyed into court, when a certain novelty was imparted to the proceedings by the click of the keys and the tinkle of the bell which Indicated that a line*had been completed. The prisoner was found guilty and sentenced. Promptly he appealed, on the ground that, instead of listening to the evidence, the judge had whiled away his time by playing on a musical instrument. This was a technicality as well as a typewriter, and quite good enough reason for a bad man to get a new trial.