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When he was arrested he sent for me and told me why he was arrested. Now
I knew he had not robbed any one while he was with me.
The day of his trial came on. Judge Crane was the judge--a good clean
man. After the man had sworn that J---- was the man who robbed him I was
asked to go on the stand and tell what I knew. I told him I was a
missionary to the Bowery, and that J----, the man arrested, was not the
man who did the robbing, for he was with me at the time the robbery took
place.
Judge Crane asked my name. I told him and gave him a brief history of my
past life. He was amazed. Then I spoke a few words to the jury. The case
was then given to the jury, and after twenty minutes they came in with
a verdict of not guilty.
My dear readers, suppose Reilly (Ranney), the crook of sixteen years
before, had been on that witness-stand. The Judge would have asked my
name and when I'd said, "Reilly, the crook," they would have sent both
of us off to prison for life. But the past has been blotted out through
Jesus, and it was the word of the redeemed crook that set J---- free.
There are lots of cases I could write about where men are arrested and
send for me.
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