JUDGE'S FURY.
COMEDY IN COURT. Humorous Ex-M.P. on Trial In France. SEQUEL TO THEFT CHARGE. DnltPd Press Association.—Copyright. PARIS, April 26. 'Spectators at the Riom Assizes v-ere prostrated with mirth at the downing , of a former deputy, Philifcert Besson, who was charged with stealing a legal document. Defendant took charge of the proceedings, loudly quarrelling with counsel challenging several witnesses to duels and reducing the' judge to impotent fury. Besson dazed the Court with a tissue of irrelevancies. He stated that the missing document was in the possession of General Franco, who was too busy to attend the Court. He offered to strip in order to display hie war wounds. Then he asked for permission to demonstrate a conjuring trick. A witness state"d that Beseou was inordinately vain,, a hot-head and a hoaxer, but sane. A doctor gravely agreed that these traits were compatible with the profession of politics. The case collapsed when defendant, grinning broadly, produced the missing document and was acquitted.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXVIII, Issue 98, 27 April 1937, Page 7
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