BARRISTER AND WITNESS.
INTERESTING INTERLUDE.
TALES OUT OF SCHOOL
THe unusual spectacle of a witness appealing to a barrister for confirmation of his evidence was witnessed in a Sydney Court recently. It concerned his conon active service with the Australian Light Horse. ; Horace Ridley, who said he was an expolice informer, was giving evidence on an assault charge.? He was being crossexamined by Mr. B. T Heavoner as to bis character. Ridley said that he left New South W 7 ales to go to the war. He was absent from Australia for four and a-half years in the 6th Light Horse Squadron.
At this stage Mr. J. J. B. Kinkead, barrister, entered the Court. "Mr. Kinkead will tell you that it's true." said Ridley. "He was there, too." "That's right,said Mr. Kinkead. -f-You were a groom." Mf. Heavener: Did you have a clean discharge from the/ Army ? Witness: I broke hospital once and went into Cairo. I bad my pay stopped for seven days. I was in the hospital recovering from api operation. Mr, Kinkead will tell that that is true, too. He lias also broken leave. I saw him.
Mr. Kinkead smiled broadly, but he did not say anything. Mr, Kinkead enh'sted as a private and to Australia with the rank of Captain.'-' -" ".-.as, 7
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20961, 26 August 1931, Page 10
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