An Unspeakable Imbecile

  A JUDGE said to a Convicted Assassin:

  "Prisoner at the bar, have you anything to say why the death-
sentence should not be passed upon you?"

  "Will what I say make any difference?" asked the Convicted
Assassin.

  "I do not see how it can," the Judge answered, reflectively.  "No,
it will not."

  "Then," said the doomed¹ one, "I should just like to remark that you
are the most unspeakable old imbecile in seven States and the
District of Columbia."