A close call for an accused Santa 'If you want good gifts, you must acquit' 12/14/2002 By SELWYN CRAWFORD / The Dallas Morning News FORT WORTH - In a standing-room-only courtroom filled with chants of "Free Santa" and "If you want good gifts, you must acquit," a jury Friday found St. Nick not guilty - by a whisker. The charge: speeding in a school zone. The overwhelming reason for acquittal: Testimony revealed that an impostor - Santa Pause - stole the jolly old man's sleigh from in front of an East Fort Worth residence. But the verdict didn't come...
