WITTIEST JUDGE
MR JUSTICE DARLING. MAN OF MANY PARTS. LONDON, November 14. Wonderful tributes are paid by the newepapers to Mr Justice Darling, who has resigned. He is described as a scholar, poet, linguist, philosopher, and man of encyclopaedic knowledge who from the bench contributed daily to the gaiety of the nation. A witness once remarked that he had been to the Elephant Inn for the purpose of telephoning. Ah!” said Mr Justice Darling, ‘‘a trunk call, I suppose.” The quickness of wit frequently unmasked a simple-minded witness, who did not suspect that the smiling judge was capable of suddenly revealing such an unrivalled grip of the case. ‘‘l don’t care for the court above,” was one of his most frequent sayings. As a matter of fact, the higher court rarely upset his decisions. His talent was never better illus trated than in the recent Armstrong murder trial. When the issue was in doubt, Mr Justice Darling started a train of merciless questions which finally determined the guilt of the prisoner.
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New Zealand Times, Volume L, Issue 11686, 26 November 1923, Page 12
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171WITTIEST JUDGE New Zealand Times, Volume L, Issue 11686, 26 November 1923, Page 12
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