No Partiality.
The workings of justice as recorded by Major E. (J. Johnson in his "Track of the Crescent," were a trifle erratic. An Englishman was travelling in a wild part of Hungary, and, anxious to see the institutions of the country, he made an application to a town magistrtae, asking to hear how justice was conducted. The magistrate, gorgeous in a magnificent Magyar costume, received him cordially, and sent for any case which might be awaiting trial. A gigantic gendarme in an immense cocked hat, ushered in a prisoner, a plaintiff, and a witness. The prisoner was accused of stealing the plaintiff's goose. "Well, sir," said the magistrate to the accuser, "what have you to say?" "Please, your high mightiness, I saw the prisoner steal the goose." "Prisoner, what have you to say?" "Please, your high mightiness, I did not steal the goose." The magistrato then delivered tho sentence. "I give you a fortnight in prison, he said to the accused, "for stealing the goose." To the plaintiff he 6ald, "I give you a fortnight in prison for not looking after the goose," and tnrning to the witness, "\ou shall have a fortnight in prison for not minding your own business."
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Timaru Herald, Volume XIIC, Issue 14062, 20 November 1909, Page 4 (Supplement)
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202No Partiality. Timaru Herald, Volume XIIC, Issue 14062, 20 November 1909, Page 4 (Supplement)
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