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30 lines
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Subject: Amusing Story
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The following is a humorous story reported in the Manchester
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Guardian some time in the late 1970's.
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Ben McTaggart, a farmer in the Scottish Highlands, was apprehended by the
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local constabulary after a routine inspection of his croft
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revealed an illicit whisky still.
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McTaggart appeared in court next day to face charges of evading
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payment of excise duties and the illegal manufacture of alcoholic
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spirits. Reviewing the facts of the case before pronouncing verdict,
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the magistrate declared -
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"Mr McTaggart, you have been found in possession of apparatus commonly
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used in the distillation of alcoholic liquors. Although this equipment
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was unused, and no trace of spirits could be found on your premises,
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the intent of the apparatus should be clear to all, and I am obliged to
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find you guilty of all charges brought against you in this court. Before
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I pronounce sentence, do you have anything to say in mitigation of your
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offence?"
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McTaggart glowered at the magistrate and replied -
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"Your Honour, you can convict me of moonshining just because I have
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the equipment, but you'd better convict me of rape as well, because
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I have the equipment for that tae!"
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