Good roads . theless afact, according to the learned justices of the Arkansas SupremeCourt. A resident of that Commonwealth hired a mare of alivery-stable keeper to go a-junketing to a neighboring town,where he traded the mare for a gelding, sold the gelding andfinished his junket on the proceeds of the sale. Realizing sub-sequently what he had done, he at once stole the mare from theman to whom he had traded her and returned her to her origi-nal owner. For this he was arrested, but the court, on appeal,held that he was guilty of no crime, because he did not takethe mare with, as the lawyers s
Good roads . theless afact, according to the learned justices of the Arkansas SupremeCourt. A resident of that Commonwealth hired a mare of alivery-stable keeper to go a-junketing to a neighboring town,where he traded the mare for a gelding, sold the gelding andfinished his junket on the proceeds of the sale. Realizing sub-sequently what he had done, he at once stole the mare from theman to whom he had traded her and returned her to her origi-nal owner. For this he was arrested, but the court, on appeal,held that he was guilty of no crime, because he did not takethe mare with, as the lawyers say, felonious intent, but merely, in the language of the court, to restore her to herproper owner. His first theft of the mare was a felony, buthis second theft of her was not, all of which, while it may beclear as day to the legal mind, is somewhat incomprehensibleto people of average intelligence.—Exchange. THE STATE ROADS OF MASSACHUSETTS. BY GEO. A. PERKINS. ( Chairman Massachusetts Highway Commission.). Geo. a. Perkins. ^OAD improvement in thiscountry is now an impor-tant factor in State aswell as in municipalelections. It is incor-porated into party platforms,and candidates must now de-clare how they stand upon thisissue. This has been broughtabout by constant agitation onthe part of those who havemade a study of the ques-tion from an economic stand-point and who have realizedthe immense loss resultingfrom the bad condition of theways. In Massachusetts the question on a large scale was firstbrought before the Legislature in 1887. The people had not beenmade to realize the great importance of a better and more com-plete system of highways, so that at first the matter was notgiven that serious consideration it deserved. It was concededthat the roads were not of the best, but it was claimed that thecost necessary to improve them would be too great for thesmaller towns to bear. It was argued to the Committee thatmuch money was uselessly applied and wasted, and that therewas
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