He has
already taken the oath and given his evidence."
"The question is a perfectly fair one, Mr. Armstrong," said the
Judge: and turning to the witness he repeated: "Do you know the
nature of an oath?"
"No," said Cowderoy.
The prisoners were discharged, thanks to their good education.
A VALIANT POLICE-SERGEANT.
Sergeant Hyde came to my office and asked me to accompany him as far
as Murray Street. He said there was a most extraordinary dispute
between a white woman and a black lubra about the ownership of a
girl, and he had some doubts whether it was a case within the
jurisdiction of a police-court, but thought we might issue a summons
for illegal detention of property. He wanted me to advise him, and
give my opinion on the matter, and as by this time my vast experience
of Justices' law entitled me to give an opinion on any imaginable
subject, I very naturally complied with his request. He was,
moreover, a man so remarkable that a request by him for advice was of
itself an honour. In his youth he had been complimented on the
possession of a nose exactly resembling that of the great Duke of
Wellington, and ever since that time he had made the great man the
guiding star of his voyage over the ocean of life, the only saint in
his calendar; and he had, as far as human infirmity would permit,
modelled his conduct and demeanour in imitation of those of the
immortal hero.
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