A Narrow Escape.
In a paper in the Cornhill Magazine the following story appears : — Some tirues prisoners an>r acquittal make an admission that a few moments earlier would have effectual'yknotte.l the rope Once a prisoner was being tried for murder, evidence against him purely circumstantial ; part of it, a hat found near the scene of the orime ; an ordinary round black hat-, but sworn to as the prisoner's. Council for the defence, of course, made much of the commonness of the hat. " You, gentlemen ,no doubt each of you possess ! such a hut, of the most ordinary make and shape Beware how you condemn a fellow-creature to a shameful death on such a piece of evidence," — and so ou. So the man wfts acquitted. Ju«»t ashf was leave' ing the dock, with the most touching humility and simplicity he pulled his hair and aaid, "If you p'oase, my lord, may I 'aye my 'at ?"
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Manawatu Herald, Volume III, Issue III, 1 July 1890, Page 3
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154A Narrow Escape. Manawatu Herald, Volume III, Issue III, 1 July 1890, Page 3
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