A Possibility.
Magistrate : “ You admit that you entered the house of the prosecuting witness by the door at two o’clock in the morning ? ” Prisoner : “ Yes, your worship.” Magistrate : “ What business had you there at that time ? ” Prisoner : “I thought it was my own house.” Magistrate: “ Then why did you, when this lady approached, leap through the window, jump into the cistern, and hide yourself ?” Prisoner: “ Your worship, I thought it was my wife.”
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Northland Age, Volume V, Issue 23, 1 February 1909, Page 3
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73A Possibility. Northland Age, Volume V, Issue 23, 1 February 1909, Page 3
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