AN INDIGNANT WITNESS.
A paper in Pittsfield, Mass., relates the following:—" They were trying a. 'horse case' in Court the other day and the lawyer was questioning a .witness in reference -bp the animal's. habits and disposition. '. Have you ever driven her ?' was ■ asked. ' I have,' was the reply. 'Was there anyone with you at the time?' .was the next question. 'There was a lady with me,.'the witness answered, and blushed a little. 'Was she a good, driver?' was the next question, the lawyer referring to the animal, but the witness understood that he. meant the lady. ' She was,' he replied. ' Was she gentle and kind?' asked the legal limb, and the reply was in the affirmative, though the witness, still thinking of the lady, looked a little surprised. ' She didn't kick ?' was the next interrogation, and a'decisive 'No' was the answer. ' She didn't rear or kick over the traces, or put her hind feet through the dashboard* try to run away, or act ugly, or'—the witness was boiling; oyer with indignation by this time, and interrupted the lawyer with, 'Do you mean the horse or the lady ?' I mean the mare we're talking about counsel> ; was 1 the response, ' I thought you meant the gal' And wiith t-this"explanation the piirsuit of justice wasresumed." ..
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Globe, Volume II, Issue 186, 13 January 1875, Page 3
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214AN INDIGNANT WITNESS. Globe, Volume II, Issue 186, 13 January 1875, Page 3
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