The French vagabond has a fixed idea that the soft side of a judge is a joke. That is the reason that such farcical responses are given to his questions. The other day the judge asked a man who was on trial if he had been condemned before. The reply was, “ Not that I recollect. Certainly not during these last five years.” “Why not for five years ?” asked the judge, puzzled. “ Because, mon President, I have been in prison all that time I”
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Lyttelton Times, Volume LXIII, Issue 7562, 29 May 1885, Page 5
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83Page 5 Advertisements Column 1 Lyttelton Times, Volume LXIII, Issue 7562, 29 May 1885, Page 5
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