COMEDY IN A COURT
ABSENT-MINDED WITNESS In the course of the hearing of a manslaughter charge at Swansea recently the proceedings were temporarily held up when the Bible used for the administration of the oath was missed. The witness box was searched by a constable. The Bible could not bo found. _ A sergeant joined in the search, tho judge beat a tattoo of annoyance on his desk. The clerk of the court took off his glasses and looked severely at the worried police officers. Counsel looked at each other in surprise. After all. the Bible had been there a few moments'before. The jury leaned forward in their interest to see if they could see the Book. Consternation prevailed. The clerk had a happy idea. lie whispered to the sergeant and the sergeant whispered to the last witness, an elderly man, who blinked, felt his pockets, and produced the Bible.
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Dunstan Times, 13 March 1933, Page 3
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