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Show Evidence Put In Too Late. ' A prisoner was being tried in an English court for murder; evidence against him purely circumstantial; part of it a hat found near the scene of the crime an ordinary, round, black hat, but sworn to as the prisoner's. pris-oner's. Counsel for the defense, of course, made much of the commonness of the h'at. "You, gentlemen, no doubt each of you possess such a hat, of the most ordinary make and shape. Beware how you condemn a fellow-cr-es-tnre to a shameful death on such a piece of evidence," and so on. So the man was acquitted. Just as he was leaving the dock, with the most touching humility and simplicity, he said: "If you please, my lord, may I 'ave my 'at?" |