A JUDGMENT SUMMONS.

NZ Truth, Issue 172, 3 October 1908, Page 4

A JUDGMENT SUMMONS.

On Thursday De Laval proceeded against. Searl on a judgment summons'to recover 'the sum of £13;, being the amount claimed and costs. A.Mr Toogood again , represented De. Laval, but Searl was . unrepresented by counsel. Searl said that as fraud had been alleged m the judgment; -summons he intended to call evidence to • disprove it. He called his son, George, and the latter was about to give evidence m a manner practicaliy re-opening the case when Dr. McArthur stopped him, and asked Searl if he had any other witnesses to call. Searl called his son Percy, who was about to give evidence on similar lines to his brother, but his Worship ordered him cut of the box, and ordered Searl to submit himself to cross-examination. Mr Toogood submitted that it was no use cross-examining A MAN OF,SEARL'S CHARACTER, as he could not believe his answers to questions. ' His Worship, however, directed Mr Toogood to proceed with the cross-examina-tion. ' ■ . Searl denied that he was m business for himself,; the business was his wife's, and he simply drew a salary of £2 per week. He, added that the business had been sold the previous day, but he der dined to say to whom it had been sold. He admitted that he defended the action brought by De Laval m the first instance, but denied that this established his liability. Searl denied that he was ,about to leave Wellington, and after a severe cross-examination, Dr. McArlhur ordered him to pay the amount claimed before the 15th, m default to go to gaol for seven days. Searl, during the hearing, was guilty of gro?s impertinence to Dr. McArthur, and made reference to taking other proceedings m order to get what he was pleased to term justice.

; The sub-editorial '"cady," orand new, too, had a life yesterday morning, when there'-'-: was quite ■ a fusilade of broKen bricks and mortar from the scaffolding of Winder's buildings m Manners-street. Perhaps it was a thick skull that prevented concussion of the brain. Anyhow, those up above ought to be careful, otherwise they might kill somebody, and to kill a "Truth" man is still a crime,, though special legislation might enact it to be justifiable homicide. A Sydney woman has struck a splendid idea of fooling her neighbors. Her hus- ■ j band, a cantankerous slab of humanity, is ever quarrelling with her on his return home from business. She smothers his tries of rage by laughing heartily and shouting at the top of her voice, "Ha ! iha ! ! ha ! ! ! stop that tickling, Jock," ; with the result that the other women r ( ound about grow green with envy, thinking that: Pa is so lively, and each one sighs "Heigho ! I wish I was Missus VY'ots- [ uaim."-