A MONKEY TO APPEAR AS A WITNESS.
A monkey witness is shortly to appear in a murder trial in an Indian court at
Sattara. A travelling showman, whose , living depended on jSye .nmnkey,»,>and a goat, was recently ’ murdered near a village, his troupe being killed, yvith- the exception of one monkey, which ran up a trea and, watch the: assassins bury his master and companions. When all was quiet, the monkeyruhoffto the “patel” of the nearest village and made him Understand by screeches and signs that ’something was wrong, The “patel" followed the monkey, which led him to the place where his .master was buried, and the murder was duly discovered. The monkey is now kept for the identification of the assassins, a plan which recalls the time honored history of the dog of Montagrif.—London “ Graphic,”,
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South Canterbury Times, Issue 2773, 11 February 1882, Page 3
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136A MONKEY TO APPEAR AS A WITNESS. South Canterbury Times, Issue 2773, 11 February 1882, Page 3
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