Repartee is not a strong feature of Maori witnesses,, but a young Maori prl suffered from no shyness at the Supreme Court this morning, and was .quite equal to the embarrassing questions put by the Crown Solicitor. The case was one in which the evidence for the prisoner (the witness' cousin), in support of which the girl was called, was derogatory to her own brother's share in the transactions. "You want this man (prisoner) to get off?" queried the Crown Solicitor. "I want them botE to get off," was the ready response. "But you like prisoner best?" was next asked, and elicited the reply— "l like them both alike." The Crown Solicitor then suggested that some girls liked their cousins better than their brothers. "All girls are not alike," sagely replied the witness, whereupon the Crown Solicitor sat down. "No questions," was the laconic remark of the Counsel foe the defence, • -..
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Auckland Star, Volume XXXIX, Issue 197, 18 August 1908, Page 3
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