The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1906-08-16
EXsusEs GIVEN IN COURT.
c:r.s Th-: Were plausible Enough 10
Ct,sr G~e!ensSnss ef Charges.
ION 'ny oAdcn Globe.

s!tH 20, cadCu Globe.
~ Franc seu.c that VIII melt tho
EiIs.stcr.al heart requires the sK.il 81
an artist. and is. indeed. n nns art
uni,ss % is a sC,cacc-and one la which
u genius alone can hope tn succeed.
Conventional Reuse are ~ ii;tlc avail.
and set "A CgrsOry study OF the exam
piles here given viii show tant the sue
,essful excuse should be- II least plnua-
ibis. for totally irrelevant pleas arc
rarely accepted.
\ foreign lady. poor but dishonest.
Tor instance. who entered a temper
arlly vacant house. annexed q table
cloth. clock. lamp and the pfuycndcr
provided for the meals ~ the real &C.
ccpnu's. ON being arrested and brought
before tho Judge. addressed him a.
follows. but without avail: M. 4.
JUICE d~lnStruction. our face IN beau
Nful. bland and benign. IL reminds ms
or my deceased husband. "A man nl-
ways a and smiling. who would new
er have refused u favor to "A distin-
su'shcd woman. am ths a%uthoress
81 "A novel. My Angel Release me
my next work. I demand my liberty"
The Judge. however. was unga!lant
enough To- doubt her sanity. and the
caSc-unlikc that which was p~crS,nal-
~ defended by "A young lady. VINO
stated that she had bargain"d for a
piece NJ tapestry with figures worked
\ handsome I'm appearance "a my
lord the president there. but the plain
tins palm mo on with figures ne usly
as that 81 monsieur the plaintiffs ad-
Nucatc"-waS lost.
\ man who some time AZ, was
charged at Bow street with h'ing
drank and disorderly on being asked
sakAN Ia. l.N - 49, &C., ll.ana-. 4
when he put forward the following
tritc EXCUSE: "it's In "a nutshell. your
worship-tpo much liquor. NJ solids.
collapse and consequences" This was
very much - the point. especially
when compared to the reply ~ a wnm-
On aged %. who was charged ut Lam
beth with tho sam oacnac shortly aft
crward. An your Worship" she c@-
pialncd. II am the mother Of twelve
children. that's what I ain. And the
last time II was twins-hcrc they are
nnw-and that was only seven weeks
ago" Presumably. his worship con-
sldcrcd the infiction OF twins ns a sur
nCicnt cNtcnuation for the nacnSc for
he told her To go ava and not do IL
again.
The plea 81 n boy burglar WHOM re-
Gently brought up Mt Hurlcsdcn fbr
having entered n house and stolen a
water can was somewhat unique. Iiav-
ing confessed To- breaking into tho
house by forcing the back window
catch. he stated that all he lid To tho
house was IL wind the clocks!
Some little time pgo n man found I'm
possession 81 two rabbits offered rs nu
az pianutinn the statement that he a
i've rabbits w a ditch, that he fell on
them AMI killed two by breaking their
nccks. The magistrate decided that
tie story. though picturesque. was un-
convincing.
when snmc little time ago n mIlkmaa
Callrl upon To explain nj Lam
beth why his wares contained g per
cen 90 water. he remarked: II was
raining heavens hard and the sample
was taken IN the middle ~ the street"
m explanation that was considered
sufficient. but the lettering individual
gently suggested that "A formid-
able Jenny found hidden In n secret
pocket ~ his coat was his kitchen polk
or failed To- set the benefit ~ the doubt
that did not exist.
Ingenious. too. was the plea OF n man
tried NJ Kiddcrminstcr for coming and
uttering counterfeit coin. who said that
he should plead guilty. but asked that
his wife should be acquitted ON the
ground that whcn married h was told
To- love. honor and obey. n that she
had only acted up To her marriage
vows.
The man who said he stole two fowls
I'm order to see II his cTvcs were suf-
fcicntly brRccd up tn permit him pass
Ing n constable without trembling with
fear made n splendid effort TO get away
the conventional. but the most
ingenious defense" h magistrate at
Marlborough street ever heard. accord
Ing To his own statement. was pleaded
In 1901 by n laborer charged with steal
ing a fur nccklct from n shop. Said he:
Il plead guilty ~ hayiIy IL on my arm.
but the wind blew II tnerc. The man
In tho shop said IL was his. and l said.
All right. take it,"