A pun does not commonly justify a blow in return. But if a blow were given for such cause and death Oliver Wendell Holmes Quotes
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A pun does not commonly justify a blow in return. But if a blow were given for such cause and death ensued the jury would be judges both of the facts and of the pun and might if the latter were of an aggravated character return a verdict of justifiable homicide.

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