FENCING THE QUESTION.
Some amusement (says the Melbourne “ Argus ”) was caused in the Court of General Sessions during the hearing of evidence against Phillip Dwyer, who was charged with having assaulted his brother. Mr Quinlan was examining John Dwyer, a witness for the defence, in reference to former proceedings before justices, when the following ensued:—Mr Quinlan —“Was a police magistrate present?” Witness—“ It is so long since I was in Court that I forget what a police magistrate is like.” Mr Quinlan (explanatorily)—“ Was there a police magistrate sitting up on the Beuch where His Honor is sitting ?’* Witness (with a strong brogue)— 1 ' Shore how could he be sitting where Hia Honor sits ?”
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South Canterbury Times, Issue 2736, 28 December 1881, Page 2
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114FENCING THE QUESTION. South Canterbury Times, Issue 2736, 28 December 1881, Page 2
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