A JUDGE'S DILEMMA.
» A Zurich judge and two friends went recently to a cafe to play " j'ass "—a variety of whist. In order to make a. game, the judge asked a stranger to make a fourth) at the table. He did so, and cheerfully lost a rather large sum. Then he told the judge that ■ha was the man who 'hod been condemned to imprisonment in his absence, and! had just come back to give himself up to justice. The judge was so taken aback that ihe fled from the cafe, and left Ms friends to pay the bill. s '
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 7423, 9 June 1902, Page 2
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100A JUDGE'S DILEMMA. Star (Christchurch), Issue 7423, 9 June 1902, Page 2
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