A Lawyer Outwitted

An old whitewasher stood before tlie court as a witness. The lawyer for the defendant tried to confuse him. "You are Friedrich Muller?" "Yes." "Are you the Friedrich Muller who was genteneed under mitigating circumstances for robbery?" "No, 1 am not that Muller." "You ai-e, perhaps, the Muller who was sentenced to two years' irnprisonment for theft?" "No, I am not that Muller, either." "Were you ever in prison?" "Yes, twice." "How long the first tune?" "A whole afternoon." "An afternoon? And the second time? You must malte truthful statements, for you are sworn. If you were in prison for so short a time, what did you do?" "I only whitewashed a cell for a lawyer who hud cheated nis clients." The lawyer did not ask any more tions on that