NOVEL COURT SCENE.
"ORDEAL BY BATTLE." Three men were being tried for vagrancy at Yuma, Arizona, recently, when their attorney ventured to assert that Yuma was " wide open" to gambling and liquor. The chief 'of police disputed his statement, and demanded a chance to fight him. The Judge thereupon declared the court in recess, and the sheriff was appointed referee. A space was cleared in the court-room. and the ordeal ay battle began. It ended by the jury declaring the policeman the winner, and acquitting the attorney's clients on the charge of vagrancy.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIV, Issue 19833, 31 December 1927, Page 10
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93NOVEL COURT SCENE. New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIV, Issue 19833, 31 December 1927, Page 10
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