SNATCHING A VERDICT
Mr Justice Phillimore, who was recently made a peer, tells n-.i amusing story concerning a brothor Ju.-iirc. who, wbc-r trying a prisoner on the Sou-;h Wales circuit, \v,-is ashed by counsM lor tbo if he might address the jury in Welsh. The case was a simple; one. and permission was given without demur. Tie &•'..% but very few words. The- Judge, a::a did nut'think much comment was necessary, but was somewhrt -tar-tied by a prompt verdict of acquittal. " What was it," he'efie-rv.-nrd- inquired of one of tha court rttc-rid.-nt.-, "the learned counsel said to the inry?" "Oh," was the reply, : 'h'.- just paid: ' This case, gentlemen, lies in a nutshell. You see yourself exactly how it stands. The Judge is an Englishman, the cuting counsel is an Englishman. _ _ But you are Welsh, and the prisoner is Weisn. Need I say any more?' "
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Evening Star, Issue 16910, 6 December 1918, Page 7
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144SNATCHING A VERDICT Evening Star, Issue 16910, 6 December 1918, Page 7
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