NO PROVOCATION.
"What I sny is quite light you know," said the man in the witnessbox. "The man who lias just moved into the mux 1 , house to mine wilfully threw a pot over the fence and hit luy wife in the face as she was looking over the railings." "And you persist- in saying that your neighbour deliberately seized the i can and hit her.?" asked the judge. "Yes, yer honour." I "Did she give him any provocai lion 1"
"Well, yer honour, it was like this—"
"Did she, or did she not ?" snapped the judge angrily. "No, sir. All she gave him was a piece of her mind and a couple of clouts over the head with a clothesprop !"•
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North Otago Times, 1 November 1906, Page 2 (Supplement)
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121NO PROVOCATION. North Otago Times, 1 November 1906, Page 2 (Supplement)
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