COURT HOODWINKED

Grey River Argus, 6 September 1930, Page 10

COURT HOODWINKED

COMEDY IN PARIS. i Tl'.-.to ai'e more little comedies in ih ; . I’alais tie Justice in Paris thani mo> I people suspect. A man who re | centiy had his pocket-book stolen wasi informed by the police- that the pick I pocket had been arrested, and he' was! invitc'il to present himself at the office] of the examining magistrate. There he found nearly a dozen otlvr people who] l.'id been robbed, and presently the] prisoner was led in. The stolen objects were exhibited on the magistrate’s deck. P-rst a woman' indentified one of them. The thief, having verified her name and said: “Yes, madanie. that is yours. 1 stole it from you.’’ Other objects were indjen tilled am 1 their theft admitted l.y the- prisoner after be had verified the name; and addresses of the claimant, for ho was a methodic..".] man who; kept a isocord of his own misdeeds. Then came the question of indentifying the contents of a small packet very carefully tied with strong string. The mag.'st.rat-o and the police officers tried in va n to undo the knot, and i after much fumbling and hesitation, in the encl the string was cut. And j only then was it discovered that the I prisoner, taking advantage of the general preoccupation with the pai|cel, had. walked out. of the place and disappea red.