TWO MINDS THINK ALIKE
"When a jury was being empanelled in the Supreme Court today to try a civil action Mr. H. F. O'Leary, K.C.,, and Mr. O. C. Mazengarb, counsel for the plaintiff and the defendant respectively, were very definite in their challenge of one man who was called, but they challenged together. It was a dead heat, and the Registrar was placed in the position of not being able to decide to which counsel he should credit the challenge. Mr. Justice Eeed came to the rescue. "Put it on one side as if it were a no challenge," he said. "Or leave it over for further determination if necessary," put in Mr. O'Leary. However, this was not necessary, the jury shortly afterwards being empanelled.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXIII, Issue 29, 4 February 1937, Page 24
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126TWO MINDS THINK ALIKE Evening Post, Volume CXXIII, Issue 29, 4 February 1937, Page 24
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