“GUILTY, MY LORDI”
MfR HUNT SAULES
“Guilty, my. lord!” said a middleaged man who appeared before Mr F. K. Hunt, S.M.. at the Auckland Police Court for drunkenness. The Magistrate accepted the plea and then smiled. Needless to say the defendant was a stranger in tlio Dominion.
Mr Hunt frequently 'has queer titles bstowed upon him by those who appear daily in. tin* Polite Court dock. He lias heard men eall him names such as “Mister,” “Your Excellency,” “Your Grace’*’ akxd “Your Eminence.”
Frequently accused persons und witnesses make .the mistake of calling him "“Your Honor.”
On one occasion some years ago the late Mr Justice Edwards was referred to by a witness in a case a 3 ‘Your Majesty.” “Cali me Sir!” said tlio Judge to the witness. “Don’t call me Your Majesty. If Sir is good enough for th© King, it’s good enough for me.” “Oli, night oh, then!” answered the witness, who was blushing.
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Feilding Star, Volume 7, Issue 2377, 2 December 1929, Page 6
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