The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 2, Issue 8 (December 1, 1927)
A Plea of Insanity
A Plea of Insanity.
Judge (to prisoner): “You are found guilty of meeting the plaintiff in a lonely street, knocking him down, and robbing him of everything except a gold watch which he had with him. What have you to say?”
Prisoner: “Had he a gold watch, my lord, with him at the time?”
Judge: “Certainly.”
Prisoner: “Then, I put in a plea of insanity.”
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