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Waikato Times, Volume X, Issue 739, 13 March 1877, Page 5 (Supplement)

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Witness said he and the prisoner had been m: a public house together on the evening in' question. The Magistrate asked :., ■■ \ '■' 'How much had you ?' » j 'Weel, w6 had a 'half or twa.^ ; 'How many?' .'■'.!• • . C W eel we'd have a gill or two ; I can certifeethat.' > r 'How many gills had you ?'.. i 'The Lord only knows ; I couldna' tell hacmuch.' He also added, 'I ken I got half-foti at pny : rate. ."'Miller wasna theworse o' what hie took I was sober enough to gaun hame without getting the office. ' He further stated that some other people -h^-d come m beside him andthe,prisoner and they had more drink. . i 'How much more 1 had you?' asked the Magistrate: " : : i 'Weell; don't know.' - 'Had you so many ?' i . -, 'Weeli, Svhenyin comes iri an' another comes m, an asks ye what ye're gaiin tae hae, ye dinna like tae refuse. (Laughtei) There was Tarn Tyndall cam' in.' ! . 'Anybody else ?' j : ' Weel, there was Rab Brown, the carrier ' cam' m, and We heel gilla a-piece. ' I . 'What do you mean' by gills a piece ?' ; 'Weel, ye ken a gill doesna gae far amarig • fower.) . ; ' But did each of you stand a gill ?' ; . „'Na, na,l dldria' stah a gil : jist the.twa' I said, an' it's the regular run every nicht there, ye ken.' 1 . Being asked how he remembered so clearly,ias he said he did, an.bccu.rrence already spoken of, he said : ! 'Because I hadcabbage tae ma denner that day. (Loud laughter principally from the policemen, who thronged the court. ) ■ Mr. Lang the Procurator ; : 'Silence, there. If you policemen can't conduct yourselves m Court you had better leave it. Because one. man makes an idiot of 'himself, are you also to do so?' . ; •' j ' The witness concluded by saying, ' That he had taken his denner that day between two and three o'clock, and he, minded that because he had the cabbage to if, for he fetched the cabbage frae the country him Bel. '■' •; ■•■■ ■ i..