Show an unnecessary confession A hearty laugh was occasioned al a the birmingham police court by a prisoner who gave gava himself away in a very delightful manner theman was waa the th first on the list and the charge against him was merely one of being drunk and disorderly he stopped stepped into the th dock however just at the moment when the dock officer was reading out a few of the cases casen which were to corn come before tho the court that morning and a guilty conscience apparently led him to mistake these items atema ter a list of his hh previous convictions lie ile stood enough while tha tb officer read out about a dozen drunk and orderlies dis but when he came to one shap breaking tho the prisoner exclaimed excitedly that was eight years ago your honor everyone began becan to laugh and the prisoner realizing the blunder hi he had made at first looked very black indeed but finally saw the humorous side of the matter and a broad smile spread over his faco face ills his blunder did not cost anything birmingham mall |