Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 40, Number 61, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 April 1908 — PUT LAUGH ON THE ATTORNEY. [ARTICLE]

PUT LAUGH ON THE ATTORNEY.

Legal Light the Victim of Swede’s Peculiar Dialect At a court in western Massachusetts, a man was on trial, charged with having committed a robbery early in the summer, and his attorney was endeavoring to prove an alibi. “Now, sir," said the prosecuting attorney, to the prisoner, “tell us where you were on June 15.” "In Yale," was the reply. "Yale," snorted the attorney, contemptuously. “Listen to that, your honor! This ignorant man never was at Yale in his life. You know you are lying!" he said turning to the prisoner. "When did you leave Yale?" "You He, too,” was the quick response. "Silence,” roared the exasperated lawyer. “Your honor, I ask that this man be fined for contempt" “May It please the court" interposed the prisoner’s counsel, who had been enjoying the scene hugely, “my client Is a Swede. What he means Is that he was In jail on June 15 and left there on July 2.” And the case was dismissed.—lllustrated Sunday Magazine.