Candid Counsel
I UUMOR m court is ex--1 n pressed m many ways, = but invariably the "wittiest | sally is that which was not | intended as such by the one §' who gives voice to it. | In the^. Auckland Magis- | trate's Court proceedings are 1 frequently enlivened by. un- | usual candor on the part of | counsel who like to score m a I friendly way off counsel for I "the other side." , 1 But, for downright plain = speaking, Mr. R. A. Singer I virtually took the bun the 1 other day when appearing m I a maintenance case, > I Mr. Singer was asking for | an adjournment. "My friends, | Messrs. Moody and Hall SkelI ton, will take all day, and I I am sure I don't _ want to sit I here all day and listen to them 1 and be bored," he remarked. 1 The adjournment was I granted.
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NZ Truth, Issue 1253, 5 December 1929, Page 7
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146Candid Counsel NZ Truth, Issue 1253, 5 December 1929, Page 7
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