DIDN'T WANT JUSTICE.

Auckland Star, Volume XL, Issue 299, 16 December 1909, Page 3

DIDN'T WANT JUSTICE.

'\j . A Ti-eU-lcnortra/lawyer Jiad^'av '< client £j whose case N presented a mass of tech.- ---[. nicalities, of which-the legal light .'tool;: . every possible: advantageJ/Before tlie'final '-' argument.and. ihanding' down of opinion, [| however, the client wae "forced to make - a journey of "some hundreds, pi miles and c was compelled to He 'atiaeht for several f weeks. He arranged with his lawyer ta '* flash, him" by -telegraph -the re- ■ :- .suit of . the jtriaT- of his 'case, j| but: ; told him to so word ids/ tele,_j gram that the addreesee alone Wuld ' comprehend its import. .■,:'' > ;•' The result was the aWarding of ,v,'verr \ ■• diet in favour of the tlitigant. in: question, " and, his delighted counsels sent him the c .following message: ■. •■-/ ■ . "Jmttcw and truth/have^triumphed^ • Wihat iwasiihe amazement; at receiving ■ a. few tours'later a telegra-m from his client,: which- said:'' . ' . '.-■ . -received. Hard luck. Appeal ■imeajdiately.". ';■'...'_ ■■''■■"[•'. "■". ;-- ■'. .'"--.- -NO' ; PEACES; ■■:•■ _ . f.. ! ; The usual after-dinner tiff had .taken placed'and'SmitHers had cooled down. ■ A^* er .*U>. peace was a' good...thing 1 , •. and '*.. ■ well worth;the haying,.and a little,more : ;■ ] orless humble-pie: did mot much matter. , :He:determinedto weak : ;point s •- .—dress—-and remarked /in :". a pleasant - 'Vpiee :_■.,..-i"".. •!'.-. ■•■ ""■'; ' ..:■<■ :.: ... v.-v. [ ' ."I see> dresses, aTe, to be, worn? longer r ithan- usual this season." ■';.-. ... But the. hard Klines. at-the of j- her mouth were still there. ',- .''Well, , 'she. remarked bitterly, "if they . are to be worn longer than ,1- am com- • pelled t° wear mine, they'll have to be I made of sheet iron—that's all/::. ~ And then they started all over, again.