Millard County Chronicle | 1912-05-02 | Page 7 | Evidence Put in Too Late.

Evidence Put In Too Lute. A prisoner was being tried In an English court for murder; evidence against him purely circumstantial; part of It a hat found near the scene of the crime- an ordinary, round, black hat, but sworn to bs the prls oner's. Counsel for the defense, of course, made much of the commonness of the hat. "You, gentlemen, no doubt each of yon possess such a hat, of the most ordinary make and shape. Ilewnre bow you condemn n fellow-creature fellow-creature to a shameful death on such a piece of evidence," and so on. So the man was acquitted. Just as he was leaving the dock, with the most touching humility and simplicity, he aid: "If you please, my lord, may I 'ave my 'at?"