A trial took place before a Glasgow baillie who excelled more as a citizen than as a scholar. A witness had occasion to refer to the testimony of a man who had died recently, and* he spoke of him frequently as the defunct. Amazed at the constant repetition of a word he did not understand, the baillie petulant y said, “ What’s the use o’ yer talkin’ so muckle aboot this man Defunct? Ganna ye bring him here and let him speak for himsel’?” “The defunct’s dead, my lord,” replied the witness. “ Oh, man, that alters the case,” said the sapient administrator of the law.
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Globe, Volume II, Issue 117, 15 October 1874, Page 3
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