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Visitor—Of what wore you accused? Convict—Stealing a watch. I made a good night for it. I had two lawyers and sixteen witnesses come to prove an alibi; Both my lawyers made strong speeches to the jury, but all was in vain. I was sentenced to four years of hard labour. • yisitor—l don't see why you weren't acquitted. Convict—Well, there wae just one weak point in my defence—they found the watch in my pocket.
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Evening Post, Volume XCVIII, Issue 40, 16 August 1919, Page 16
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74OVERLOOKED. Evening Post, Volume XCVIII, Issue 40, 16 August 1919, Page 16
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