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Show UU l CONCURRENTLY. ' i (From Jdeas.) ' The acoustic properties of the new Old Bailey are by no means as per- jjN feet as they might be, and there Is a If decided echo of tho walls. Some "m time ago Judge Rentoul sentenced a 99 prisoner to six months' hard labor, Wf and directly he had pronounced sen- jK tenco. "six months' hard labor," was !V echoed from the back of the court. wt . Tho prisoner was so taken by sur- vm prise that, turning to a warder by his side, he Inquired, "Do these 'ere sen- j' tences run concurrently?" ' 4 |