: Thistledown: A Book of Scotch Humour Character Folk-lore Story & Anecdote by Ford Robert Duncan John Illustrator - Scotland Social life and customs; Scottish wit and humor; National characteristics Scottish

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The Judges and Counsel engaged in our Scottish Law Courts, it has been seen, have been a peculiarly witty and entertaining set, and the same may be said of some of the witnesses who have passed through their fingers. The following examination, which took place in a question tried in 1817, in the Jury Court, between the Trustees on the Kinghorn Passage and the town of Kirkcaldy, affords a striking illustration of the cannieness of one.

The witness was called on the part of the trustees, and apparently full of their interest. The counsel having heard that the man had got the present of a coat from the clerk to the trustees before coming to attend the trial, thought proper to interrogate him on that point; as, by proving this, it would have the effect of completely setting aside his testimony. The examination was as follows:--

"Pray, where did you get that coat?"

The witness , with a mixture of effrontery and confusion, exclaimed--

"Coat, coat, sir! Whare got I that coat?"

"I wish to know where you got that coat?"

"Maybe ye ken whare I got it?"

"No; but we wish to know from whom you got it?"

"Did ye gi'e me that coat?"

"Tell the jury where you got that coat?"

"What's your business wi' that?"

"It is material that you tell the court where you got that coat?"

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