COUNSEL AND POLICE.

Press, Volume XLVIII, Issue 14523, 27 November 1912, Page 10

COUNSEL AND POLICE.

, —4A BREEZE IN CULVERDEN COURT. ;• "I really do get fed up with tho sergeant here, the way he wastes time," complained Mr Gresson at the Culverden Magistrate's Court yesterday when Sergeant McKay was cross-examining a witness. A stern countenance was tho Sergeant's retort, but presently a brief passage-at-arnis somowhat disturbed the solemnity of the Court, Tho Sergeant appeared to? bo puzzled by a witness's reply to a question, and he said: "I .don't know--1 don't think — '•."-.. '"', Mr Gresson: Think what? The Sergeant: That is for mc to say. If lam out of order his Worship will stop mc. Mr Gresson: I was just trying to pull you up. His Worship (appealingly): You must not show this feeling. . Tho proceedings continued peacefully for a while, until presently the Sergeant addressed a side question to 3_r Gresson. Mr Gresson: I can't supply you with brains if God "didn't see fit to give you any. The Sergeant: Yon don't seem to have many yourself. . The final brush came at the end of the case. Judgment had been given and Mr. Gresson observed that he "only regretted he could not get costs against the Crown.'-' The Sergeant: I wish I was permitted to say a few words about Mr Gressqn's remarks about the police. Mr Gresson: This is not a public meeting. I will talk it over in the train.