A TONGUE TWISTER.
s enteiK?f> in counsel's opening statoinpntso tickled the court and so effcctnillj diverted the attention of the jury that- "a- case at one at the Chicago couru had to be adjoirrned the other d.iv. It was a perfectly simple sentence, aud it Bammed up the who!,- of the plaintiff's (ase. Hp had forwarded soriw animals from Idaho to Chicago by the Oregon ghort Liac The sheep shrunk in shipment.' detfcred counsel. A juryman smiled. -That's funny." ie murmured to his neighbours. "The sheep shunk in sheppm?nt—no, T mean tie shik fhunk in shreepment—nn. you have a try."
There a babble of tonciie-twisting jjv the jurr-box. and tiw judp» tirrned a Burprised glance that way. The joke was explained. The judjrp bp<ran to txy the phrase, and there was no further hnpe of proceeding; with the case. It vras adjourned for a \v?e!;.
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Auckland Star, Volume XLIV, Issue 179, 29 July 1913, Page 11
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145A TONGUE TWISTER. Auckland Star, Volume XLIV, Issue 179, 29 July 1913, Page 11
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