Show JUDGE KNEW THAT DODGE but the prisoner had another scheme behind it your worship said the wily solicitor who vas mas defending the etal stal w wart art prisoner in the dock you cannot possibly convict my client of housebreaking I 1 submit sir with all rev arence that neither morally nor legal ly can yea convict him I 1 will tell you why mr air sikes here as the evidence clearly proves did not break into any house at all he ile found the parlor window open as the witnesses admit and all he did mas ft as to put in his right arm and remove some unimportant ar tides now sir air bir sikes arm Is not he himself and i I 1 fa fan ii to see how you can punish t the he whole individual for a fault committed by only one of his limbs very well sir said the cautious solon of the bench I 1 have heard of a similar defense before today so I 1 find the prisoner prisoners s arm guilty and sen tence it to six months imprisonment 1 I 1 I he gentleman himself can accod pany it or not as he choose chooses mr clerk record the sentence then mr sikes smiled a 14 inch smile and the plan of the defense be came apparent as he quietly proceeded to unscrew his guilty cork arm and I 1 leave it in the custody of the court stray stories |