COUNSEL AND WITNESS.

A GENTLEMAN who was severely cross-examined by Mr. Dunning, was

repeatedly asked if he did not lodge in the verge of the court; at

length he answered that he did. "And pray, Sir," said the counsel, "for

what reason did you take up your residence in that place?" "To avoid the

rascally impertinence of _dunning_," answered the witness.

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