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From: jmh@ukc.UUCP (Jim Hague)
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Subject: Re: Fair Cop
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Date: Mon, 8-Jul-85 08:44:15 EDT
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>"It's a fair cop" is phrase that the (Brit, Aust) police say that you
>said when they verbal you in court.  It is famous for being something
>that no criminal that's caught would *ever* say.
>
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>
>Robert Elz					ucbvax!kre
>
>ps: you wouldn't believe the amount of time my Evidence lecturer
>    spent on the intracacies of the verbal...

Let's not forget that other memorable phrase, "You got me bang to rights".
(NO, I've no idea of the derivation...). The Rumpole books are a rich
source of such language, with several stories centered on verbals.
-- 
Jim Hague       ..!mcvax!ukc!jmh        +44 227 66822 x7697
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- I'm hidin'.
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