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English
1823
But that this evidence may be rebutted years afterward, and the conviction quashed without further trial by the unsupported statement of the comic man. BUT THAT THIS EVIDENCE MAY BE REBUTTED YEARS AFTERWARDS AND THE CONVICTION QUASHED WITHOUT FURTHER TRIAL BY THE UNSUBORDINATE STATEMENT OF THE COMIC MAN
explain it to us. The reward has remained unclaimed to the present day and is still open. One gentleman did come to our assistance a little while ago, but his explanations only made the matter more confusing to our minds than it was before. He was surprised at what he called our density, and said the thing was all clear and simple to him. But we discovered afterward that he was an escaped lunatic. The only points of stage "law" on which we are at all clear are as follows: That if a man dies without leaving a will, then all his property goes to the nearest villain. But if a man dies and leaves a will, then all his property goes to whoever can get possession of that will. That the accidental loss of the three-and-sixpenny copy of a marriage certificate annuls the marriage. That the evidence of one prejudiced witness of shady antecedents is quite sufficient to convict the most stainless and irreproachable gentleman of crimes for the committal of which he could have had no possible motive.  TO ANY ONE WHO WOULD EXPLAIN IT TO US THE REWARD HAS REMAINED UNCLAIMED TO THE PRESENT DAY AND IS STILL OPEN ONE GENTLEMAN DID COME TO OUR ASSISTANCE A LITTLE WHILE AGO BUT HIS EXPLANATIONS ONLY MADE THE MATTER MORE CONFUSING TO OUR MINDS THAN HE WAS BEFORE HE WAS SURPRISED AT WHAT HE CALLED OUR DENSITY AND SAID THE THING WAS ALL CLEAR AND SIMPLE TO HIM BUT WE DISCOVERED AFTERWARD HE WAS AN ESCAPED LUNATIC THE ONLY POINT STAGE LAW ON WHICH WE ARE AT ALL CLEAR ARE AS FOLLOWS THAT IF A MAN DIES WITHOUT LEAVING A WILL THEN ALL HIS PROPERTY GOES TO THE NEAREST VILLAIN BUT IF A MAN DIES AND LEAVES A WILL THEN ALL HIS PROPERTY GOES TO WHOEVER CAN GET POSSESSION OF THAT WILL THAT THE ACCIDENTAL LOSS OF THREE AND A SIXPENNY COPY OF A MARRIAGE CERTIFICATE ANNULS THE MARRIAGE THAT THE EVIDENCE OF ONE PREJUDICE WITNESS OF SHADY ANTECEDENTS IS QUITE SUFFICIENT TO CONVICT THE MOST STAINLESS AND IRREPROACHABLE GENTLEMAN OF CRIMES FOR WHICH THE COMMITTAL OF WHICH HE COULD HAVE HAD NO POSSIBLE MOTIVE
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