THE BENEFIT OF LYING.

A FELLOW was tried for stealing, and it was satisfactorily proved that

he had acknowledged the theft to several persons, yet the jury acquitted

him. The judge, surprised, asked their reason. The foreman said that he

and his fellows knew the prisoner to be such an abominable liar, that

they could not believe one word he said.

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