Ana wno was present when you v saulted by the prisoner?" inquired the maw trata of the complainant in a police court & hj *? Wn - , "' VVho was Prisint, your Worship," returned the witness—" who was bedad, your Worship, I was prisirrt myself"' Customs Officer (to lady traveller from the Continent): "I thought you said, madam there was nothing but wearing apparel iii your trunk. What about these three bottles of cognac?" "Oh, those," said the lady, " are my nightcaps.".
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Evening Star, Issue 13145, 29 December 1908, Page 6
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78Page 6 Advertisements Column 4 Evening Star, Issue 13145, 29 December 1908, Page 6
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