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Show Risky. "One of the funniest -Incidents in court I have ever witnessed," says a Kansas City lawyer, "occurred in a petty court of our city. "An old offender had been haled before be-fore the magistrate. After a conference confer-ence with the clerk of the court, his honor began sternly to address the the culprit as follows: "1 gather that you have already been sentenced ten times for violent assault, disorderly conduct, attempted "Whereupon, to the amazement of all in court, the prisoner hastily interposed inter-posed with: " I beg your honor's pardon, but would you not mind speaking so loud? My intended mother-in-law is in court and it might damage my prospects. " Harper's Weekly. |