It was the euvly edition for the up-country coaches, but I asked if he could spare me a copy. He put one into my hand. ' How much ?' I asked. ' A snapper."' * A snapper.' 'Ay — a tizzy.' Understanding this more familiar term, I gave him a shilling. Instead of changing if, he cocked up his knee, slapfc the shilling- down on it, and said * Cry !' I accordingly cried 'Woman;' and won ; he loyally returned the coin, and walked off minus the paper."; In Scotland, it is the practice upon the ! apprehension of a prisoner for any serious oflence, to examine him before the Sheriff. | This is done by the public prosecutor (Pro curator Fiscal) and during the examina- J tion, the prisoner is freed from the hand cuffs. We remember, on one occasion in Perth, when an old dodger was being* ex amined, he observed that the key was on the outside of the door, and taking a sudden j spring he »'ot outside and turned the key j upon the Sheriff, Fiscal, officers and clerks. The windows being secured by iron bars, j the prisoner got a good start before an alarm was raised, and his prisoners rescued from their unexpected captivity. We won der if it is the same character who has turned up at Hokifika, by the name of Denis Qninlan, and who has been- sentenced to three months imprisonment for assault. The ' West Coast Times ' says, that on bearing his* sentence, Quinlan at once "bolted" from 'he Court, and gained the outside before his astonished guardians of the peace who had cai*e of his person, re covered their surprise at his audacity. They then roused themselves, gave chase, and'one of them, a sergeant, succeeded in throwing his stick between the legs of the runaway, and tripped him up Having, however, the advantageof distance, Quinlan recovered himself before either of his pur suers could reach him, and put on a strong spurt for the timber, closely followed by the constable, an active man, who rapidly gained on his man. Another slip, how ever, took place, for just as the constable was making' sure of a re-capture, he found himself sprawling on the ground, having been caught by a clothes lines uader the chin, which in his eagerness he had not seen. 