Mild amusement was occasioned in the Supreme Court in Wellington this week when a witness gave an unexpected definition of the condition of an intoxicated person whom he had described as "fairly drunk." "What do you mean by that?" his Honour the Chief Justice (Sir Michael Myers) asked with a smile. "He had had a few more than I had,''' the witness replied, and counsel and the jurors also smiled.
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Press, Volume LXX, Issue 21323, 16 November 1934, Page 15
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