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_Justice_.--'Do you mean to say that politics had any thing to do with
your arrest?'
_Allen_.--'I don't say anything at all about it, your Honor.'
_Justice_.--'Then why do you hint at it?'
_Allen_.--'I will promise not to interfere one way or the other, if I
am allowed to go.'
The court loungers, who know something of the peculiar politics of the
Fourth Ward, here laughed immoderately.
_Justice_.--'You go to the captain, and tell him all about it.'
_Allen_.--'I won't vote at all if I am let go. I always keep in with
the police.' (Laughter.)
_Justice_.--'That's right.'
_Allen_.--'Only for the kindness of the police, I never could have
kept my place so many years. They have always been my friends.'
(Laughter.)
_Justice_.--'How long is it since you have had any prayer meetings in
your house?'
_Allen_.--'About eight days.'
_Justice_.--'You have got through with them, then, have you?'
_Allen_.--'Well, yes, they are not held in my house any more, but they
do be held at Jim Miller's, next door, all the same.'
_Justice_.--'I believe those praying fellows are the most disorderly
persons in Water street. Captain, if you would arrest them, some time,
and charge them with disorderly conduct, I think you would be doing
good service to the community, for their religious gatherings have been
a farce.'
Margaret Ware was committed for trial, and John Allen was held on
three hundred dollars bail to answer at the Special Sessions.
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