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Ford, Paul Leicester, 1865-1902

"The Honorable Peter Stirling and What People Thought of Him"

The owner turned out to be the proprietor of the
brewery, as Peter had surmised, who thus utilized the mash from his vats
in feeding cattle. But on Peter's asking for an additional warrant
against him, the defendant's lawyer succeeded in proving, if the
statement of the overseer proved it, that the brewer was quite ignorant
that the milk sold in the "district" was what had been unsalable the day
before to better customers, and that the skimming and doctoring of it
was unknown to him. So an attempt to punish the rich man as a criminal
was futile. He could afford to pay for straw men.
"Arrah!" said Dooley to Peter as they passed out of the court, "Oi think
ye moight have given them a bit av yer moind."
"Wait till the trial," said Peter. "We mustn't use up our powder on the
skirmish line."
So the word was passed through the district that "theer'd be fun at the
rale trial," and it was awaited with intense interest by five thousand
people.


CHAPTER XIV.
NEW YORK JUSTICE.


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