A Judicial Decision

A fellow named Don ka, was lately tried at Yuba City for entering a miner's tent and seizing a bag of gold dust, valued at eighty-íour dollars. The teetirpony showed that he had been employed there, and koew exaetly where the owner kept hi.s dust; tbat on the nigbt of October lOth, he cut a slit in the tent, reached in, took the bag, and then ran oft Jira Bulier, the principal witness, testified that he saw tliü hole cut, savv the man reach iu, and heard hiin run awav, "I put for him at onco," continued the witness, "but vvhen I cotched him I didn't find Bill's bug, but it was found afterwards where he had throw" it. Counsel for the prisoner. - Hovv far did he get n when he took the dust? Buller. - Well he was Btoopju' over about half' in I ehnuld say. Counsel - May it pleasf your honor, the indictrnent isn't sustair.ed, and I shall demand an acquittal ou direction of the court. The prisoner is on trial for entering a dwelling in the night time, with intent to steal. The testirnonv is clear, that he made an opening through which he protrudud hiniself about half way, and stretching out his anns, committed the thpft. But the indictment charges tbat hp actually entered the tent or dwelling, Now, yoi'r honor can a mnn enter a house, when only one half is in, and the other half out? Judge. - I shall leave the whole matter to the jury They must judge of the law and the faot as proved. The jury brought in a verdict of "guilty," as to one half o! his body, f-om the Walst up, and "uot guilty" ae to the other half. The judge sentonoud the guilty half tp two years imprisonmeut, leaving it to the prisoner's cpiion to have the "not guilty" half cut off or take it along with him. A judgrneut, pe tiiink, worthy of SolomaD. EP A royal soul may belong to a beggar. and a boggarly one to a king.