"Where He Was Feally Hit.
During a. recent <"i r e a lawyer of the bullying type was examining the prosecutor, who charged the defendant with assault and battery. Lawyer: "Where did the defendant strike y<vu? " Witness : "He struck me on the bridge " Lawyer (.sharply interrupting): "How is that? You said a while ago that he struck ycu on the balcony." Witness : "So he did, sir. I'm telling you no lie." Lawyer : " Did lie skike you more than or.oe? " Witness: "Only once, sir, and I was satisfied with that." Lawyer : " How, then, could he strike you on tho biidge and on the balcony at the same time, and with one blow 7 " Witness: "He did it, anyhow, sir." MsLgistiate (interrupting) : "On what balcoay? " Witness: "The balcony of the hotel, your Worship." Magistrate: "But on what biidge?" Witness : " The bridge of my nose, sir. Had the gentleman waited, I'd ha' told him myself."
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Otago Witness, Issue 2455, 3 April 1901, Page 70
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152"Where He Was Feally Hit. Otago Witness, Issue 2455, 3 April 1901, Page 70
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