Odds and Ends.

Te Aroha News, Volume XXII, Issue 42788, 7 October 1905, Page 4

Odds and Ends.

• • . A Legal Point.—Smast Solicitor: Good morning, Mr Gull, what can I do for you to-day ? I want your opinion on a matter of law. . •' Certainly; What’s the question.,', •; My hens r got into, my neighbour Brown’s garden, and he poisonedjthem; What I want to know is, can I sue him. for damages ? . t . 1 Of course. It was malice afore-, thought on his part, besides being a ■ destruction of your property v s ov. Thanks. But wait ! Istated~that: wrong. It was Brown’s he-is got into my garden, and it was I who adminis*tered the poison. Ah, yes; I see. That puts a djgerent complexion on the mattery and it is • clear that Brown, in the person pf his 1 hens, was the aggressor ;• whereSs r ih.. leaving the poison about in your garden • you were quite unaware that hens would eat it. It was purely an accident, > so far as you are concerned. Thanks. How much do I owe you ? Thirteen and four pence. But you only charged me six-and-eighrpence for a legal opinion the other day. 'i I know it; bur. then, you see, .I” have given you two opinions on this occasion, . Patience Rewarded.—For months a certain police constable had failed .'to fi.ul a solitary “case” to bring befbre the local magistrate ; but at last the long-looked-for opportunity arrived. One night he saw a novice wheel a ' cycle into the street and attempt to T mount, - . ■ < r Again and again he tried to spring into the saddle, but failed. “ Hi! ” cried the constable. “ Can’t yer mount?” ..... “ No.” answered the youth. “ I’m only a learner,” . “Let me hold it for yer? ” asked the constable. The youth was delighted. The coo-; stable held the cycle while he mounted and pedalled merrily along for a dozen yards or so. i “I can manage now, thank you,” said the youth. “Let go.” “Not if I know it,” answered;" the ‘ policeman. “We’re going to the police station. Where’s yer light ?”