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issued thereupon could not be served upon him; of which there was no allegation in the present case.

I am perfectly satisfied that my refusal to issue the warrant in this case was proper, and under like circumstances, and without some change in the existing laws of the State, I should do the same thing again, without regard to the color, or condition, of the complaining party.

It may not be out of place to add here, that it so happened that on the evening of the day on which the application was made to me for a warrant in this case, I was at the office of the Mayor, (who had issued a warrant) when the case was before him, and heard the evidence addressed, from which it appeared that the complainant had gone into the store or business house in which the party complained against was employed as a clerk or salesman, and being in a state of gross drunkenness, misbehaved himself so much that he was ordered out and refusing to go, the clerk pushed him and he fell, when the clerk who had been excited by his improper conduct gave him a kick. The Mayor, on hearing the evidence, dismissed the warrant in which I 

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