| Show HICKS IOINTKll STOIIY 1 From the 1ltlburg Dlpatch It wa In 1117 thai Kick the Cornish nil first inatdo a county name no a witty wit-ty rccontaur In I that Year Hlr Hamuel Hpry who had bren n member for llod mill store Ihe great reform bill lot film rat and In A petulant mood 1 look legal proceeding against Hick on the ground that he had abused file official poilllon to Influence voters at the poll veir the cornhlll In the course of the trial Hick was called 111 to tale what ha had to say In Ilia defense Inlle course of his talemenl he aknl INV of the court to lllulrate his land I llun by a lory Ilia miuet twine u enleil to he related how a few day prevlouly he hall been lo a ee a lad whom ho knew well who waa laid up from a fall from a vicious donke which had kicked out alt film front teeth The lad Paid lUrk had taken the matter In the most kindly way and hd all to him Tlnt the fall Mr Hicks and tlillt the tally of the Irlh what annoy me 1 bill lie the naihty rlm nastily wbhou dlpolllon I pf the jacka Sir Samuel Hpry prang up In the well of the hialiga fury and 1 excl ex-cl lmM Ile ha railed me it Jack steal The court won convulsed with laughter and Illrk was promptly 1 and II rr fully acquitted of tile trumpery charge brought aglnl him |
