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Show Murphy. The prisoner at the bar was of swarthy complexion and was charged with , peddling without a license. "What is your name?" asked the magistrate, mag-istrate, t "He says his name is Murphy;" repeated re-peated the policeman on the bridge. "An Irishman peddling bananas, eh? What part of Ireland do you come from?" "He says he was born in Italy," again repeated the bridge policeman. "Umph! The Murphy s are numerous, numer-ous, but I didn't think they had spread to Italy," said the judge as he made the fine $1 and asked the man to spell his name. The prisoner wrote on a piece of paper "Giuseppe Muerfee." New York Sun. |