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"re Jeffs, who was for many justice of the peace in Australia, wealthy but somewhat ignorant !'"«.■, One day, in the most pressing »m of harvesting, he was summoned ii.i.id at the trial of some petty y"H<3 between two of his neighbors. ••• --idence was. long and somewhat 1 ■■••*.•', and the squire had more than • -vMbited symptoms of impatience, ••"'■•• gth, when it was finished, and * ••» lage lawyer had risen and desi i ; . a preliminary "H'm" or two, 1 ■••■••' it forth: ; ' -'lon't want none of your pleading <>'• it I I know it jest like a book! 8, it's getting late, and I want o" home and look after my men. i-'; iecide it now as well as I can y icne.'' ■'■ i being convinced that. such a B ■•*'.' would not bo exactly according -'■, ho yielded reluctantly. The ;i"u9nts evidently did not tend to '' iim much, for when they were " -icd, he exclaimed: ■■■ i.i 3re—it's jest as I know it would 1 j'he thing was as clear as dayefore'j and now you've gone and '. ■■■■' 1 it up so, I'll be hanged if I • "••/>' now to fix it!"
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Hot Lakes Chronicle, Volume 2, Issue 127, 26 June 1895, Page 3
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184UNKNOWN Hot Lakes Chronicle, Volume 2, Issue 127, 26 June 1895, Page 3
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