There was.'no doubt aboat the genuineness of a juror who pleaded" exemption from service in-'the Auckland Supreme Court'on fche ground of deafness '' (states'- • the "New ' Zealand ' Herald"). "I am hard of hearing, your Honour," .he told *" Mr.' Justice Fair. When *is .Honour told him he would be_. exempted from service the man macie no move to go, but merely re-' plied,, "I am sorry, but I cannot hear you." It rt»ciuired some snouting on the part of Court officials to satisfy him that his services were not required and that he was Iree to go.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXII, Issue 31, 5 August 1936, Page 4
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