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Not Quite Certain

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Parent Issue
Day
18
Month
March
Year
1898
Copyright
Public Domain
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A case was being tried in court, and the particular question at issue was the number of persons present wheu a certain ovent occurred. Au honest but simple minded Germán was in the witness box. He had never taken an oath before and was not a little disconcerted. The lawyer who conducted the cross examination saw bis opportunity and badgered him with questions aiter the inanner of bis kind. "How many did you say there were present?" he shouted, bringing his fist down upon the table as though the fate of einpires trembled in the balance. "Veil," meekly answered the witness, "off course I gould not chust say, but I dinks dere vas betveen six and sefen." "Teil the jury what you mean by that, " roared tbe lawyer. "How could there be between six and seven? Were there six or were there seven?" " Veil, " answered the witness, "maybe I vas wrong. Dere vas more as six, but dere was not so much as sefen. One

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Subjects
Ann Arbor Argus
Old News