WORTH KNOWING.
A celebrated barrister, who had some talent for oroas-examination, once defended a prisoner charged with housebreaking. Owing to his counsel's skill and eloquence, the prisoner was finally acquitted. Ho was a Scotchman, and had no money ; but he was not ungrateful.
' I'm verra sorry I canna gi'a you a fee,' he said to the advocato when the trial was over ; ' but I'll gi'e ye twa bits o' information that'll maybe dae ye as mucklo guid. First, aye mind that a yelpin' wee tarrier inside a house is better than a big dowg ootside, an' that there's nae lock that bothers a burglar sao muekle as an auld rusty ane.'
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Waikato Argus, Volume VI, Issue 382, 14 January 1899, Page 1 (Supplement)
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111WORTH KNOWING. Waikato Argus, Volume VI, Issue 382, 14 January 1899, Page 1 (Supplement)
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