"Attached Thereto."
In the course of an assault case heard at a provincial court the other day, defendant was asked his trade.
"I drives a 'bus," was the reply,
"You mean," suggested the precise solicitor on the other side, "that you drive the horses attached thereto?"
"Very well, if you would rather have it put in that way," replied defendant. Shortly afterwards, in the course of his cross-examination, the same solicitor asked defendant : —
"Did you, or did you not, strike the prosecutor in the face?" Defendant, after a thbughtfuJ pause, convulsed the court with the following: —
"Well, now I come- to think, there's a doubt about it. I was under the impression that I did strike prosecutor on the face, but perhaps it would be as well to say that I 6truck him on the nasal organ attached thereto!"
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Otago Witness, Issue 2728, 27 June 1906, Page 86
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139"Attached Thereto." Otago Witness, Issue 2728, 27 June 1906, Page 86
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