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A LONG-HEADED JUDGE.
The following is told of a judge before whom
a man was being tried for stealing a gold watch
from a woman as she was entering a 'bus. The
man declared that the watch was his own, and
that the woman was mistaken in identifying it
as hers.
Suddenly the judge asked, "Where's the
key?"
The prisoner fumbled in his pockets, and said
he must have left it at home.
The judge asked him if he wound the watch
frequently with the key, and he said "Yes."
Then a key was procured, watch and key were
handed the prisoner, and he was told to wind
the watch. He opened the case, but could not
find any place to use the key, because the watch
was a keyless one.
The sentence was" five years.
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