Mr John Burns' friends will be interested in the communication which a Battersea correspondent makes to the Daily Chronicle. Mr John Burns has made his will. The document is short and to the point. The hon. raeuber leaves his best love to his wife, a sound constitution to his son, his books to his parish, and his 'debts to his country.
Justice Lawson summed up one? in the case of a man who was charged with stealing a pig. The evidence of the theft was quite conclusive, and in fact was not combated ; but the prisoner called the priests and neighbours to attest to his good character ( Gentlemen of the jury, said the judge, « I think the only conclusion you can arrive at is that the pig wos stolen by the prisoner, and that he is the most amiable man in the country.'
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Clutha Leader, Volume XXIII, Issue 1182, 5 March 1897, Page 3
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