Judge. My learned friend hardly expected the night to be light, I should think. (Laughter.)

Junior. Perhaps m’lud, the learned counsel was thinking of a nightlight. (Roars of laughter.)

Q. C. Well, we’ll take it that it was a dark night. You went out for a stroll?

Witness. No, I went for a walk.

Judge. At any rate the witness was walking about.

Witness. No, my lord, I wasn’t walking a “bout.” I was walking fast. (Great Laughter.)

Q. C. You were walking fast. Now did you see anything?

Witness. I saw the prisoner.

Q. C. Well, tell us what he was doing.

Witness. He was doing nothing. (Laughter.)