ASTHMA IN THE KNEES !

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXIV, Issue 3, 14 May 1897, Page 27

ASTHMA IN THE KNEES !

On a recent afternoon, on the assembling of a jury summoned to the Hackney Coroner's Court, a man hurriedly approached the coroner's officer and said he came as a substitute for his father. The Coroner'sjoffijer— Why can't he come himself / The Substitute — He is ill. He has got asthma in his knees (laughter). The Coroner's Officer — That's a new complaint, isn't it 1 The Substitute — Oh, nD, he"s had it before (laughter). The Coroner's Officer Vv r ell, 1 never heard of asthma in the knees before. Chorus from the other jurors — He's kidding you, officer. The Substitute, however, stuck to his contention that his father was suffering from asthma, and that his knee^ were swollen and painful. He was allowed to serve on the jury, but informed that his father would be summoned again.