Knitting Therapy

The Case of Mr. Davies' Donkey (9 Can.L.Times 95, 95-96. 1889)

Lord Abinger, C.B. loq.
Davies posessed an ass: no doubt
Trained to the horitucltural load;
One day he turned his donkey out,
Its fore-feet fettered, on the road.
Here one remark seems necessary -
'Twas very wrong of Davies - very!

Chorus of Barons
Oh fair judicial harmony!
In this great truth we all agree.

Lord Arbinger, C.B.
While thus the ingenuous creature fed,
Mann's man came driving, all too fast.
O'er the mild brute the roadsters sped,
And Davies' donkey breathed its last.
We dwell not on the owner's sense
Of loss - it's not in evidence.

Chorus of Barons
Davies, thy grief, they bosom's rents,
Thy groans - are not in evidence!

Lord Abinger, C.B.
Who cause this crisis asinine?
Mann's man - and Mann must foot the bill:
Had his man passed the road's decline
With ordinary caution, still
Still might the rich unstinted strain
Of Davies' donkey shake the plain.

Chorus of Barons
Wisdom hath given sentence! though
The donkey was not rightly there,
Was Mann's rude man excused? Oh, no!
He out to drive with proper care.
Wherefore we do adjudge and say,
For Davies' donkey, Mann must pay!

All, Strictly
For Davies' donkey, Mann must pay!

(he pays)

Insert dramatic recitation... I'm sure this play was quite the classic in 1889. Dude, a guy hit a donkey. Why write a play about it!?

This is so much fun. I love law.

Plus, Kerry's almost here! Yay!