Animals: Jarred Hen

To demonstrate the efficacy of Sears Roebuck's best chicken feed, Sears-Roebuck's Lancaster, Pa. Manager Mark Wayne Ansbach last spring popped a Plymouth Rock pullet named Priscilla into a big glass jar, placed the jar in his store window. Priscilla thrived on her mail-order diet, soon grew so large that she could not be removed from the jar. The S. P. C. A. arrested Mr. Ansbach, got him fined $10. He appealed.

Last week in Philadelphia, after a month of deliberation, Pennsylvania's Superior Court returned a 6-to-1 decision for the appellant. Ruled Judge Thomas J. Baldridge...

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