A MODERN SOLOMON.
A correspondent sends us a series of good stories about a Southern Judge (says the Cleveland Leader). They are good, mostly, and we hope to see more of them.. This Judge appears to be noted for his hatred of North Carolinians and for his Solomonic sense of arbitrary justice. 'One of the anecdotes goes as follows:—. The Jedge': Is-yo' name Immanuel Baxter? Immanuel: Y&ssah. The Jedge : Well you are charged by Officer Tucker with stealing a side of bacon at Walter's store last night. Immanuel : Ah wants ter file y& alibi. ':- < The Jedge : What for? Immanuel : Ah don't know, sehj Mistah Reg'jiald James—he'd a col Jd lawyeh—he done toP me ter say dat. The Jedge: Oh, I see.- But why didn't you steal a ham? They're better than sides. Immanuel : They wasn't no hams down dah. The Jedge : Thirty days.
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Marlborough Express, Volume XLII, Issue 149, 25 June 1908, Page 2
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143A MODERN SOLOMON. Marlborough Express, Volume XLII, Issue 149, 25 June 1908, Page 2
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