A Cautious Witness. —The following dialogue recently occurred in: one of our justices' courts:—" Do jou know the prisoner, Mr Jones?" "Yes, to the bone," : " What is his character ?" "Didn't know he>had any." "Does he live near you ? " "So near that he has spent only five shillings for firewood in eight years." " Did he ever come in collision with yotliri any matter ? " "Only once, and then'be was drunk, and mistook me for a, lamp-post." '" From what you know of him, would you believe him under path ?" " That depends upon circumstances. If he was so much intoxi; cated that he did not know what he was saying I would; if not, I wouldn't."— Harper's Monthly.
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Thames Star, Volume VII, Issue 2581, 16 April 1877, Page 3
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114Untitled Thames Star, Volume VII, Issue 2581, 16 April 1877, Page 3
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