MAGISTRATE'S TASK.
PLEASE KILL RAT. A London magistrate was sitting In his private room at a well-known police court, waiting to begin the duties of the day, when the telephone suddenly rang. Taking it up, he heard a woman's voice in horror-stricken tones, asking him to come and see her at once. "Why, madam?" be asked. "Oh," answered the woman, "we have caught a rat in a trap. We are all women here. Can't you understand? Please come and help us." The magistrate mildly answered that there must be some mistake. He was the magistrate, and at the police court, appointed to deal with prisoners trapped In the cells below. "So sorry, I have got the wrong number," replied the woman, "but, oh, dear, what can we do?" The magistrate promised to get Into touch with the official rat catcher of the district. "Let him come quickly," pleaded the woman. "If he doesn't come to-day, he won't come on Sunday, and it will be terrible If we have to wait till Monday."
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Auckland Star, Volume LV, Issue 116, 17 May 1924, Page 19
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172MAGISTRATE'S TASK. Auckland Star, Volume LV, Issue 116, 17 May 1924, Page 19
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