The Last Plea

■ ü wag tclls a fumvyry - albeit eligblly tinged witli hyperbole, of a case recenüy brought before the recorder.-. A fellow was charged with stealina a piecc of doth from a dry good store when his lawyer put in as a plea, that his cliënt did not see it. 'Not see it1' said llie recorder. 'He did not see it, sir,' responded the cunning lawyer. 'Why, what do you mean?' queríed the recorder. 'VVhy, I mean, eW, that the individual chnreed nith stealin? ihnf lAniu aa „,.t