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A MAN was brought before Lord Mansfield, charged with stealing a silver
ladle, and the counsel for the crown was rather severe upon the prisoner
for being an attorney. Come, come, said his lordship, don't
exaggerate matters; if the fellow had been an attorney, he would have
stolen the bowl as well as the ladle.
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