Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 41, Number 124, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 November 1909 — Pleading a Distinguished Precedent. [ARTICLE]

Pleading a Distinguished Precedent.

“I fine you,’’ said the police justice,” S3O and costs.” “Y’r honor,” protested Tuffold Knutt, who had been hauled un for vagranef, “all the prop’ty I’ve got in the world is a plugged nickel, an' me clo’es an’ they hain’t wutth more’n about two bits. That ~ finis onreasonable. It's confiscation an’ it won't never stand the test o’ the federal courts. I shall take an appeal, y’r honor!”