WHICH IS CHEAPER ?
GUILTY OR NOT GUILTY A DEFENDANT'S QUERY (Special to the Herald. l AUCKLAND, this day. ''l have never been in a court before; which is the cheaper?'' asked the defendant in the Police Court, when requested to plead to a charge of allowing his chimney to catch on fire. The defendant s;Tid he had been' experimenting with chimney cleaners, and it seemed a shame that lie had been piosecufed at all. "J3e more careful next time you experiment." commented the magistrate, Mr. F. K. Hunt, in ordering the defendant to pay costs.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LII, Issue 17158, 7 October 1926, Page 7
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95WHICH IS CHEAPER ? Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LII, Issue 17158, 7 October 1926, Page 7
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