;e T;iv prisoner.in tne police court dock had a large number of previous eonr, vietions to discredit, and on that ne'e count had reconciled himself to a stiff d sentence. L "Do you m«in to say." asked tiie a magii-tratp. "that you had the audacity is to enter this man's study, hold him up r- with a revolver, and rob him?' , i- For p. moment ths prisoner looked 3- puzzled, nnd then answered: "Well, w your Worship, the last time I was here !© you asked mc if I was so bra-zen a a villain as to rob a man on the King's in highway. I find it hard to please. What c. is a man to do?" it He got, the stiff sentence he expected. D-; Golden Rule school ruler, brass edge. >n 4d. Goodwill envelopes 6d. large packet, s, Cnamptaloup and Edmiston. — (Ad-)
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Auckland Star, Volume LVII, Issue 24, 29 January 1926, Page 5
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