A LEGAL MATTER.
Uncle Mose, needing money, sold his pig to the wealthy , lawyer Ay ho had just bought the neighbouring plantation. .. After a time, needing more money, he stole the pig and resold it, this time to Judge Pickens, who lived "down the road a piece. " Soon afterward the tAvo gentlemen' met, and, 'upon comparing notes, iisupeeted what had happened. They confronted Uncle Mose. The old darky cheerfully admitted his guilt. "Well," demanded Judge Pickens, "what are you going to do about- it?" "Blessed ef I know Jedge;" replied Uncle Mose with a broad grin. "I's ho lawyer. I reckon I'll have to let yo' two gGii'men settle it 1 between yo'selves."
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Bush Advocate, Volume XXI, Issue 285, 5 June 1909, Page 3
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113A LEGAL MATTER. Bush Advocate, Volume XXI, Issue 285, 5 June 1909, Page 3
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