SERVING A WRIT.
An Irish gentleman, whose solicitor had *ainly endeavoured to serve a writ on an ex-M.P. for an Irish borough, hit upon the following plan : Having sealed a stone bottle with an imposing crest, and marked it " poteen," he ."orwarded it by an intelli- •*■ f-er.f' hd of thirteen, who was previously well instructed, as at present from a friend in il*-:- West End, with instructions to be ■it'ivorc-i lo himself. Tre bait took. "There i:; .--j-i-ho, I believe, ir.* the wrapper, sir," observed the messenger,. " and perhaps it ; V(J|4 M require an answer." The ex-M.P. \mY_ ti" newspaper in which the present was' folded.*- and took m,t . a !) envelope. "There's a writ hi thaf, *r,< cried the younger: "you're *_•«*. out of sight in an instant. me ewu.i . looked ns if he were converlec into stone. Molly. who had let the boy in. fc ame . d w" n ra3e.lt being made the involuntai v ,nstrunient of such a ruse. .■ -,
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Manawatu Herald, Volume III, Issue III, 24 March 1891, Page 4
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160SERVING A WRIT. Manawatu Herald, Volume III, Issue III, 24 March 1891, Page 4
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