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Thewordjusticeisusuallyassociatedwithcourtsoflaw.Wemightsaythatjusticehasbeendonewhenaman'sinnocenceorguilthasbeenprovedbeyonddoubt.Justiceispartofthecomplexmachineryofthelaw.Thosewhoseekitundertakeanarduousjourneyandcanneverbesurethattheywillfindit.Judges,howeverwiseoreminent,arehumanandcanmakemistakes.Therearerareinstanceswhenjusticealmostceasestobeanabstractconcept.Rewardorpunishmentaremetedoutquiteindependentofhumaninterference.Atsuchtimes,justiceactslikealivingforce.Whenweuseaphraselike'itserveshimright',weare,inpart,admittingthatacertainsetofcircumstanceshasenabledjusticetoactofitsownaccord.Whenathiefwascaughtonthepremisesoflargejewellerystoreonemorning,theshopassistantsmusthavefounditimpossibletoresistthetemptationtosay'itserveshimright.'Theshopwasanoldconvertedhousewithmanylarge,disusedfireplacesandtall,narrowchimneys.•Towardsmidday,agirlheardamuffledcrycomingfrombehindoneofthewalls.Asthecrywasrepeatedseveraltimes,sherantotellthemanagerwhopromptlyrangupthefirebrigade.Thecryhadcertainlycomefromoneofthechimneys,butasthereweresomanyofthem,thefirefighterscouldnotbecertainwhichoneitwas.•Theylocatedtherightchimneybytappingatthewallsandlisteningfortheman'scries.Afterchippingthroughawallwhichwaseighteeninchesthick,theyfoundthatamanhadbeentrappedinthechimney.Asitwasextremelynarrow,themanwasunabletomove,butthefirefighterswereeventuallyabletofreehimbycuttingahugeholeinthewall.•Thesorry-looking,blackenedfigurethatemerged,admittedatoncethathehadtriedtobreakintotheshopduringthenightbuthadgotstuckinthechimney.Hehadbeentherefornearlytenhours.Justicehadbeendoneevenbeforethemanwashandedovertothepolice.