An ingenious Tankeo attorney, who always made it a point to win his case, was applied to by a man who had stolen some pork, to defend him. Accordingly, in liis usually inventive way. he ruined the principal evidence on which the plaintiff relied, and the jury brought in a verdict of not guilty. After the verdict was declared, as the tellow was leaving the Court, be whispered to his attorney thus : “ oquirc, what shall I do wilh the pork, for [ have got it yet?” “ Eat it, ” for the jury ray you did col steal it. ”
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Dunstan Times, Issue 698, 3 September 1875, Page 4
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96Page 4 Advertisements Column 1 Dunstan Times, Issue 698, 3 September 1875, Page 4
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