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Thread #42439 Message #677847
Posted By: Troll
27-Mar-02 - 11:17 PM
Thread Name: Nigerian Woman to be murdered - now acquitted
Subject: RE: Urgent, Nigerian Woman to be murdered
Actually, Garg, I believe that the quote is from "Oliver Twist" where Mr Bumble says, in effect, that "...if the law believes that, sir, the law is an ass...". It may appear in some form in "David Copperfield", but I have never noticed it.