The phrase “fair trial”
always reminds me
of a delightful Western
I saw in 1948.
Someone said of the villain,
“We’ll give him a fair trial
and hang him
first thing in the morning.”
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The phrase “fair trial”
always reminds me
of a delightful Western
I saw in 1948.
Someone said of the villain,
“We’ll give him a fair trial
and hang him
first thing in the morning.”