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The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 12, Issue 5 (August 2, 1937)
Not Guilty
Not Guilty.
A prisoner was being tried for misappropriating a pig, and a conscientious witness, to whom the accused was said to have confided, was being examined.
Counsel: “Can you repeat the exact words in which the prisoner confessed taking the pig?”
Witness: “He said, sir, he took the pig.”
Judge (trying to simplify the question): “Did the prisoner say, ‘He took the pig’ or ‘I took the pig’?”
Witness (shocked): “Oh, Your Honour, he said he took it. Your Honour's name wasn't even mentioned.”
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(By courtesy of London “Punch.”)
“What made them build the station such a long way from the town?”
“They 'ad to m'm, so as to be near the railway.”