Miscellany, Nov. 9, 1931

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Hearing

In Dallas, Texas, a Negro named Claud Williams was arrested for owning a cache of whisky, taken before U. S. Commissioner Lee R. Smith for the following hearing:

Q. "What do you plead?"

A. "I pleads guilty and waives the hearing."

Q. "What do you mean, waive the hearing?"

A. "I means I don't want to hear no more about it."

Hinks

In Upperville, Va., Reverend Everett Hinks was annoyed by neighbors' chickens eating the flowers in his garden. Chicken-owning neighbors of Mr. Hinks denied their fowl had committed...

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