TIME TESTS
, 4 PoP ll^!* method of testing a witness's judgment as to the lapse of time was in* dulged ih by counsel in the Magistrate 1 * Court this morning. A sergeant of the pohce had stated that he was in the bar of an hotel for about a. minute before he took ahy action. "Arc you Bure of tho timo ?" asked Mr. M'Grath. "Yes," cam* the .reply. Counsel : k "Now, I want you to tell mo when a minute is up. I have my watoh here. Now, go." With<x» (a little later): "Time.'* Counsel : "You are exactly half a minute out." Tho next witness ho tested > over a three-minute period, and time in this ea«© wm called after a lapse of 3min 14eec. "A pretty good guess," wae th<e comment made. Mr. M'Grath kept his witnesses co engaged in conversation that they could not possibly count the seconds.
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Evening Post, Volume LXXXVIII, Issue 75, 25 September 1914, Page 8
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149TIME TESTS Evening Post, Volume LXXXVIII, Issue 75, 25 September 1914, Page 8
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