HUNGARIAN JUSTICE.
Some years ago an Englishman was anxious to see how justice was administered in Hungary, and an obliging provincial magistrate who happened to have a prisoner awaiting trial accommodated him. The wretched creature was brought in with the prosecutor and a witness, and the following dialogue ensued. Magistrate to prosoeiif. or : "Well, sir, what have you to say?'' Prosecutor • " Please, your high mightiness, the prisoner stole my goose." Magistrate to witness : " What have you to say ?" \Vitnc3s : " Please, your high mightiness, I saw tht' prisoner steal the goose," Magistrate to prisoner : " And what have you to say?" Prisoner: "Please your hi<?li mightiness, I did not steal the goose." To prosecutor: "A fortnight's imprisonment for not looking after your goose." To witness : A fortnight's imprisonment for not minding your own business,"
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Waikato Times, Volume XXX, Issue 2447, 17 March 1888, Page 2 (Supplement)
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132HUNGARIAN JUSTICE. Waikato Times, Volume XXX, Issue 2447, 17 March 1888, Page 2 (Supplement)
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