A Comparison
DURING the assizes, in a case of assault and battery, where a stone had
been thrown by the defendant, the following clear and conclusive
evidence was drawn out of a Yorkshireman:--
Did you see the defendant throw the stone?--I saw a stone, and I'ze
pretty sure the defendant throwed it.
Was it a large stone?--I should say it wur a largish stone.
What was its size?--I should say a sizeable stone.
Can't you answer definitely how big it was?--I should say it wur a
stone of some bigness.
Can't you give the jury some idea of the stone?--Why, as near as I
recollect, it wur something of a stone.
Can't you compare it to some other object?--Why, if I wur to compare
it, so as to give some notion of the stone, I should say it wur as large
as a lump o' chalk!