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Show By Way of Proof. When Peter J Hughes was a police magistrate In tills city, according to n ntory told by himself, ho faced, tho morning of July C, half a dozen prisoners pris-oners who had been hauled up tho night beforo on tho druuk-and-dlsor-derly charge. Ho began hl3 .routine questioning with: "What'3 your name?" "Patrick ," answered tho first. "And yours?" "Michael ," said tho socond, Tho prlsonors, up to tho fifth, gavo names unmistakably Milesian. As Hughos turned to question tho sixth ho smilingly commented: "This Is more llko tho morning of March 18 than July 5!" "lint It 'alnt. your Honor!" camo HUlexly from tho unquestioned sixth. "If It was you'd be down hero Instead cf p there, yourself!" Philadelphia Ledger. |