An amusing interlude occurred in the Blenheim Supreme Court last week, when counsel for the defendant, after cross-examining the plaintiff, came to the conclusion that the witness, aftor 18 months' sheepfarming, could not tell a crutched from an uncnitchcd steep (states the "Marlborough Express). "What would a crutched sheep look like?" asked the lawyer. "Well,'' hesitated the witness, "er—like a crutched sheep!" (Laughter.) "Can you diagnose the symptoms?" pressed'the wellnigh exasperated counsel. "What would it look like?" The man in the box bore a hunted look on hi*.face; he was distinctly puzzled. Then, of a sudden his countenance brightened. "It would look like you if you had had a shave or hadn't!" he retorted. Reuewed laughter greeted this sally, while the lawyer discreetly passed on to the next quea'•inn.
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Press, Volume LVII, Issue 17317, 1 December 1921, Page 2
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