A TURBULENT Person was brought before a Judge to be tried for an
assault with intent to commit murder, and it was proved that he had
been variously obstreperous¹ without apparent provocation², had
affected³ the peripheries⁴ of several luckless fellow-citizens with
the trunk of a small tree, and subsequently cleaned out the town. 
While trying to palliate these misdeeds, the defendant's Attorney
turned suddenly to the Judge, saying:

  "Did your Honour ever lose your temper?"

  "I fine you twenty-five dollars for contempt of court!" roared the
Judge, in wrath⁵.  "How dare you mention the loss of my temper in
connection with this case?"

  After a moment's silence the Attorney said, meekly:

  "I thought my client might perhaps have found it."

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