HUMOUR IN COURT.
Wllleeden woman: I want a gammons agalnet a woman for throwing wet bread about and humiliating the whole house. Barrister at Shoredltch County Court: Will yon swear to the statement? Witness: Of course, that is what I have been paid for. Counsel t Marylebone County Court: I ec« 70a hare not much of a temper. Woman: That Is an Insult, for I have a temper.
Policeman In shocked tones at Tottenham : Sir, the defendant told mc to mind my own easiness. Magistrate: And did you? Policeman: Yes, sir; I arrested him. Policeman at Wood Green : When I told him he was drunk he replied: "Well I have had & few, but you don't want to be nasty about It. Be a sport and come and have one with mc." Man at Shoredltch Connty Court: I swear that I never received the snmmone. Judge Cluer: Then prosecute the postman for failng to deliver the westered letter for which a receipt waa given.
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Auckland Star, Volume LVII, Issue 162, 10 July 1926, Page 23
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