A JUDGE'S BET.
A tough looking citizen walked into; one of the Justices' courts the other; afternoon very much intoxicated, and j requested that he be allowed to swear! off drinking for a year. His Honor j obligingly put him through the solemn j motions, and the convert, with a con -; fused rumble of well-meant but pro- 1 fanely, expressed resolutions, stumbled j out of the courtroom. " Bet he don't keep it an hour." said one of tfie grinning lawyers. " Bet he sticks to it for a week, anyhow," observed the court with confi- ; dence. " Nonsense ! " cried everybody. " What'll you bet?" asked the! judge. ; " Twenty to ten," exclaimed an eageri attorney, producing the money. " Done ! " cried His Honor, a,nd the stakes were turned over to a Chronicle, reporter. ■; ! "Constable," said the court quietly,, " go and fetch that mpu back." In a few miuutes the reformed one was dragged in, and the judge ascended his dais, rapped for order, and looked^ fisvere. i "Charged with being drunk," said; th,e court, " What's your'plda ?,'» I k "Ouess I'm ipll," a<Jmitte<T W
prisoner, with an idiotic smile. " Ten days in the county jail. Constable, lock up your prisoner. Mr Reporter, hand thia court that wealth. Court's adjourned. Boys, let's go and flood our lower levels." — Fa. Chronicle.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XIV, Issue 140, 13 June 1879, Page 4
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