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Show WD NOT DRIVE A CAB. SSsssasssBBtaratiBHfW 4 ' ' Milwaukee Sentinel. The only time that I ever saw a smile come over the face of the able jarirt who presided for two terms as our County judge back in the "80s was during the trial of a man charged with larceny. The attorney at-torney for the State, a certain lawyer who was not well liked, was attempting; to overthrow our alibi," said F. Whitman, an Iowa attorney. "We had produced as a witness a man who had testified- for the defense that he defendant had ridden in bis cab for an hour, includina the time when the crime was committed. The cross-examination commenced, and the opposing attorney commenced to- try to get the witness mixed. "You drive a cab. do yout" he asked. Without hesitating the driver answered: "No. sir." ... "What?" queried the astonished lawyer, "did you not testify that you have been driving a cab for several years?" "No. sir." ' "Do you mean to say. remembering that you are under oath, that driving cabs is not your business T" . ... .'I certainly do." - "Then please tell the court what you do for a living." ' . "Why." answered the unperturbed cabby, cab-by, "I drive the horses that are hitched to the cab." - v. , ' The expression which came over the counsel's face -was enough to make an elephant smile, and the court Indulged In a hearty laugh, although he later cautioned cau-tioned the witness to pay less attention to the technical points In answering the questions." |