s A young lady who gave evidence m the ' Supreme Court at Christchurch appeared to be laboring under the delusion that ''All men are gentlemen," not as counsel put it that "All gentlemen are ineii." She described how she had been followed late at night by two "gentle- • nten,' j who appeared to have forced their acquaintance upon her, and finished by decamping with her purse and peggybag. His Honor requested the witness ,to call the "gentlemen" plain "men." .bjulj the w*tnes3 persisted m giving the more complimentary description. Deaoribing ,the actual robbery, she said that she felt a gentle tug, and the next thing, she saw was one of the"gentlemen. running down the road, presumably with her peggy-biig m his possession. f Which "gentleman" was running fajlpng the road? the Crown Prosecutor ifl-ked. "Don't lead her into temptation;". His Honor begged.' These, gentle sarcasms were lost on witness, and the iwa men were "gentlemen" until the end of her evidence,
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 12376, 9 February 1911, Page 3
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