A SPEEDER’S ALIBI
COURT SPECTATORS ASTONISHED
The speeder’s alibi of James Kight, a Bronx clerk, astonished spectators in a New York court —but it worked. Mr Kight explained he was speeding because he loved his mother-in-law. ‘■Eh?” said the Magistrate, “say that again."
“My mother-in-law was ill, and I was speeding to take her home,” Mr Kight replied. “I love my mother-in-law very, very much.” The mother-in-law stepped forward. “That’s right. I love my son-in-law. too, and wherever I go he always goes with me.” "Well,” said the Magistrate, “if anyone can have that much consideration for a mother-in-law he is certainly entitled to a suspended sentence. Next case!”
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 13 April 1938, Page 11
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109A SPEEDER’S ALIBI Wairarapa Times-Age, 13 April 1938, Page 11
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