HUMOUR IN COURTS.

Waikato Times, Volume 107, Issue 17995, 14 April 1930, Page 14

HUMOUR IN COURTS.

AMUSING TIT-BITS. (From London Daily Mail). West London Magistrate to reveller : Why didn't you give your address to the police? Defendant: 1 couldn’t. I don’t remember being locked up. £ * $ # Wife at Tottenham: My husband says he is working late at night, but I know that is not true, because he is not tired when he comes home. * $ * * Constable at Highgate: I took him into custody for his own safety. Defendant: You did not save me much. I was spent out when you found me. Clerk at West London: Were you drunk? Defendant: Just drunk. * * * * Constable at Tottenham: He started walking, but stopped. Reveller: I couldn’t see. * * $ * A ship’s steward at Southend: The age of tipping is rapidly passing. * =» * * Willesden Prisoner: I said to the constable, “Play the game, and if you want a feather in your cap get a clean one.” * * * * Defendant at West London: I met some Welsh friends and it upset me. if if * * Willesden Magistrate (to prisoner asking for bail) : No, we know you too well. Prisoner: All the more reason to trust me. I am a regular customer. * # * # Solicitor at Bow County _ Court: What relation are you to plaintiff? Witness: I am brother-in-law to his fiancee. * * * * Woman at Tottenham: I don’t know my husband’s Christian names.