"ONLY A SHORT ONE."
; In a recent larceny case heard in Mel- ; bourne a young woman, -oho witnessed the i offence had just completed her . evidence, and her mother was called on to take her place, in the witness box. The Crown i Prosecutor (Mr Finkyson), with a view, to ! shortening proceedings, asked: " Did yon t hear your daughter's evidence?". Witness-; " No; I was out of court." Mr Finlayson.: ( " Well, were you there when, these i Witness: M Yes; 111 say just the same as my daughter. i laugher.) After her eacanttnatioa-ia-chief, ; one of the prisoners asked the witness:' * ; "Did you ever'receive a sentence?" Wit- ; ness: " That was nothing'; there was no- • thing in that." Judge Johnston.: "Did ■ you receive one?" Witnesst; "W*ll,.;ii v i was only a short one."—(Laughter.) Judge ; Johnston: "Did you receive.onei"W"ft- ■ ness:YfYeev three days for being drunk. • v That: was tfae only time:" Prisoner: ; " Not L Y three months, at: GJlingwood Oourtr' W&i jness (indigniantly); "Never in nrv Ele.*— »\v
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Evening Star, Issue 12762, 15 March 1906, Page 1
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164"ONLY A SHORT ONE." Evening Star, Issue 12762, 15 March 1906, Page 1
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