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THE BARRISTER'S DREAM.

The Jury had each formed a different view

(Long before the indictment was read),

And they all spoke at once, so that none of them knew

One word that the others had said.


"You must know —" said the Judge: but the Snark exclaimed "Fudge!

That statute is obsolete quite!

Let me tell you, my friends, the whole question depends

On an ancient manorial right.


"In the matter of Treason the pig would appear

To have aided, but scarcely abetted: