Speak Up Please!
Is it the sign of a guilty con-- ' science^ 6,r premature dumbness, or terror of the law, that witnesses so repeatedly mumble m court? ONE might just as well' expect an answer to the conundrum: "Where do flies go m the winter time?" as expect to find the reason for the irritating sotto voce, confidential whisper which seems to be the recourse of ninety per cent, of the witnesses m law courts. What is worse, though, is the fact that they get away with it— mostly. Witnesses (and , the junior constables, are often m the same boat) repeatedly mumble- almost inaudibly away from the Magistrate, .arid, in' spite of repeated requests to "Speak up, please!" soon fall into the error of their vocal ways again.
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NZ Truth, Issue 1052, 21 January 1926, Page 6
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128Speak Up Please! NZ Truth, Issue 1052, 21 January 1926, Page 6
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