A BUND BARRISTER "READING".
A ; considerable.' amount of .interest was atrached to one of/the applicad on.s made to the Pull Court at Sydney a few days ag'Oj.by reason of ,the appearance for the first time in that jurisdiction, of ,Mx M 'William, who is generally known as the blii>nd barrister. He was the junior in the casej and hi s .->enior,- having 'briefly explained the na ture of the motion,^ said:. "My junior
will now read the affidavits in, support. The task was easily accomplished by Mr M' William by mea-nsof the J3;ra : i'llc alphabet for the blind, and no one not; ■actually watching the learned gentleman could have supposed that he was deftly' "reading" with his (fingers. Mr M-Willaim also, materially assisted his leader when the latter failed to catch some questions puf to him from the Bench.
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Grey River Argus, 24 November 1910, Page 2
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