The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1838-02-23 00:00:00

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Hall.—(to ili4 prisoner) " Welt rig!
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say r• Prisoner.—" Sir its an spi rto
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Mr. Halt.—" But what, do you sajt,tt r stivAi. tix * •
property?" " Why, sir; it occurred sil!, ! . rt.frill tlo 2coixticsati
last night,. anila very agreeable crier • "ci t U. 14-1 rf.ipi miles;
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mistaken as to the time. (With much ~ • 45);,)it.' circlin*:
-slrincelhat neyeripgru.cs.to mel) take 4 rio 1-Zll ter) ; and I.
drink nortring-bike,iffee-all' t-ti;i-- a41.1t • .Well, the companir ,
beitg sir 4reeii.lll I thought I would stop till eleven, when I,
left, but frond td my excessive surprise- that it only wauted 213
minutes to one 4' 'lurk. Mr. HAL—Well. toil %hilt do you say
to breaking, the Man's things ? Prisuirer.—Well i. reilt to my
lodgings and found they were ;ticked up, and apparently had
been for some time, and not liking to knock the.n up, I walked
the streets intending to walk into the first Place 1 found °pert
to avoid the inclemency of the night. I saw this man's place
open, and feeling in my pocket if I had is few coppers, I went,
in and had some beer. Mr: Hall.—Then you nteati to say yool
got drunk after you went there ?" Prisoner t haittily,) Oh! tor;
. l was not driraki; it is not a tithe liquor does make me drunk
but a' very little hair a nectiliar effect tin me it destroys all my
—you knovi?all my recollection.. (Laughter.) Ah, it seems
to be aintising,t but 1 assure you. it ti ti tact, it destroYs my,
recollection ; 1, have no reCollectiiin whatever of what trans-
pired ilk, thattrian's house, thougli; notwithstanding, I know
I was not drotik. (Continued laughter.) Mr. Hall.—What
are von? Prisoner,—Hent, a teacher. Mr. Hail,,—What
of. Prisoner: Eh ? Oh !of language's. (Loud laUghter.)
Mr. Hall—Where do you lodge ? Prisoner— Iteiniwhy, in
rather•humble lodgings at present, No, 55, Johnson-strtehrtt.i
tinblic house, Mr.. Hall— Where ate you from ? PrtSoner—.,
The city of Dublin; and came to this country aboul,)2.monthii
ago. Mr. Hall—Well, these things destroved,mbst be paid
for. Prisoner—(with great sans .floid) Why .1 sqppdse they
must; I must pay for them in' some way. Mr: Hall--Well,,
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how do you intend to pay for therti ? The, PriSprier ma 4 no
reply. Mr. 11311—( to Cortiplainant I Would you like to learn a
language? Complainant—(screwing up his face into one of
the most irresistible 'broad grins) Sur, (ro.ars, of -,laughter.),
Mr Hall—(to prisoner) What languages do you teach ? Pri-
soner—The Latin, Greek, and English languages." •Mr. Hall
—(to complainant) Well, which would you like? The comical
phiz of the complainant here gradually screwed itself up into an
expression so truly ludicrous that the whole court including the
bench wait convulsed With laughter. .Prisoner—.1 beg your par.!
don, there is no need to turn this thing to ridicufe; I come here
to be. conderbned or'Set at liberty. Mt. Hail—Can you pay for
the damage?, Prisonee —I suppose I must do so ity sending to
a friend. Mr. Hall—Well send for the money, I cannot let
. you go till it is paid. An itidiyirlii.tl here stepped fOrward and
said he would pay the money; The prisoner had lodged witli
him six Months, and he never knew to thb value of 2d. against,
him. He was 'a teacher, but had• done very little since he came
to him, but bad now taken a school and wits eodeavouring to
gel, iii. His fiend then paid ss. for him and the.prisouer *af
di4harged: ' - - • , -
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