JUDGE AND WITNESS,
Judge (to witness)— Repeat the prisoner's statement to you exactly in his own words. Now, what aid he say V Witness — My lord, he said he stole the pig. Judge— impossible? He could'nt have used the third person. Witness — My lord, there was no third person. Judge — Nonsense! I suppose you mean he said, "I stole the pig." Witness (shocked) — Oh, My lord ! He never mentioned your lordship's name ! Dismissed iguominiously.
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Observer, Volume 7, Issue 335, 9 May 1885, Page 16
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74JUDGE AND WITNESS, Observer, Volume 7, Issue 335, 9 May 1885, Page 16
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