CONDEMNED BY HIS SPELLING. Mr Justice Darling once set a clever trap for a prisoner. A man charged with stealing a horse produced what was alleged to be his receipt for payment for the animal from a "Mr Davidson." The Judge asked to see this. He examined the document closely, and told the man to write "Paid in notes" on a sheet of paper. "Certainly," said the man. Pen and ink were brought, and the result was handed to' the Judge. The man wa= trapped. "Mr Davidson" and he had both written "payed:" He was duly sent to gaoh Inhaled or taken on sugar, "NAZOL" gives wonderful relief from coughs, colds, «
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Evening Star, Issue 17489, 21 October 1920, Page 2
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111Page 2 Advertisements Column 3 Evening Star, Issue 17489, 21 October 1920, Page 2
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