CHEERFUL DEBTOR.
REBUKED BY MAGISTRATE. A judgment debtor who appeared in the Christchurch Magistrate’s Court on Thursday morning could have squared his creditor easily if cheerfulness were currency (says tho Star). An aggressive young lawyer began his cross-examination. How many phildnen hnve you Three, and one expected. Why didn’t you pay this debt? The man could have got it if ho called round for it. I had it put away in a nice little sunshine purse. Then a burglar came and got it. I don’t know how the devil. ... The magistrate: Tut, tut! The solicitor: Do you bet at all? —Dickin, I haven’t been able to for years. I had the , wheeze about a double that landed home, but I couldn’t put anything on it. The magistrate: No order. Tho cheerful one stepped out of the box and put his. hat on. The clork: Take that hat off. The cheerful one: I beg yours. Then he stepped out into the sunshine, where he certainly belonged.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume XLVI, Issue 176, 26 June 1926, Page 6
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165CHEERFUL DEBTOR. Manawatu Standard, Volume XLVI, Issue 176, 26 June 1926, Page 6
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