The prisoner had been convicted a dozen times. “Your honour,” he said, „‘T should like to have my case postponed as my lawyer is ill. “But,” protested the magistrate, “you were captured with your hand in this man’s pocket. What can your counsel say in your defence?” “Exactly, your honour,” said the prisoner, “that’s what I am anxious to know.” “Yes,” said the oculist, “he had a curious affliction; everything he looked at he saw double.” “Poor fellow. I suppose he found it hard to get a job?” “Not at all. The gas company snapped him up and now he's reading meters!”
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 3 May 1938, Page 5
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