He Lost His Case.

Waihi Daily Telegraph, Volume IV, Issue 1081, 31 August 1904, Page 2

He Lost His Case.

Tuk plaiutill, a labouring man, had boon thrown on tho ground by an oloctric cur «ud he cluimod (lanugos for a porumnant injury inasmuch us ho could no longer raiso his arm abovo a point parallel with liis shoulder. Tho lawyer tor tho electric railway put lii'n through a simple - looking examination, beginning by a tew ayiupalhctie questions. Thou bo continued :—" Will you bo kind enough In tell Iho jury tho extreme limit to which yon ran ruiso your arm ?" Tho witncpd (,'imily complicil, raising bis band with difficulty to the height of bin shouL tier only. "All. thank you air. Now will you bo so good an to show tin to what point you could niso your hand bofntc this unhappy accident ?" At onoo tho man shot bio arm up toils full hoight ahavn Ins hoad. and tho court burst iuto a j fit of laughter, which the judge did not restrain.