A FAIR FELON!
% fancy you'll a»ree tii.it I'm A per-on to he pi lied : I've suff.'rcil from a ciu^l (.rime A pietty i>iil ommitted. If j» iilsn re thieves, without a d.mbt 'Tis time our sex objected ; It won't be safe to venture ont Unless we're well protected. Of such a crime yon never heard ! I'll iell you how it all occurred. It happened as I s.it ulinie, In bachelor seclusion, And warbled in a m -rrv tone, iSoiue fa.\ouiUe oifusion. over head the jiame t-kjes To melody sittuiii'd me, A certain dainst'l met niv oyes, And suuiethin^ heeiuod to wound ino ! And pin-, the while I felt the suuut, Delibenitely &lo!e my ho.trt! Tiienceforw.ud I was $>iidly changed, SSouii^ iuiluence came o'ei me. Sum • ©p^l, by A\hicb, w'leie'er 1 i.mge.d, Her face appeal id before me, T sought the ciiiuinal's abode, And recoinpence reqiicsled ; Alas ! no penitence she bhou ed, But soon she was tv tested. I knew, however t»he might (1 y, She could not prove an alibi. And so it chanced the other day The case came on for tiial ; They n^ked her what she had to say, She offered no denial, And nfter he.uinfr e.\ idence (Fur, lo ! I didn't wa\ei\ The puison (which .sho\yed hi^ sense) A verdict in my favour. To penal servitude foi life lie sentenced her — go she's m>j wife !
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Te Aroha News, Volume VI, Issue 366, 8 May 1889, Page 8
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228A FAIR FELON! Te Aroha News, Volume VI, Issue 366, 8 May 1889, Page 8
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