HOW AN ALIBI WAS PROVED.
The possession of a feak memory was revealed during the course of a case of robbery tried some years ago at Melbourne. The prisoner declared that when the crime was committed he was in the hut of a man named Lane, hearing him rccito Walpole's " Old English Baron," which occupied two hours and a-half iv the delivery. The jury disbelieved this statement, so Lane was called to prove that he was capable of the feat, lie stepped into the witness-box and started reciting the story in a way that showed he knew it thoroughly. Wlien ho had gone on for some time without a moment's hesitation, the Judge wanted him to stop, but counsel for defence insisted Upon proving his case by having the whole story repeated. Eventually, it was decided to admit the evidence if Lane could repeat the last page of the book. This being satisfactorily accomplished, the alibi was allowed and £he pvjsouer received hie dischaigo,
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Evening Post, Volume LXXXVII, Issue 151, 27 June 1914, Page 5
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