BAFFLED BY WOMEN.
Lawyers not unfrequently receive the most provoking retorts from women whom they are trying to confound. A counsel defending a prisoner on trial for stealing money began his cross-examination of the principal witness, a woman, by saying — 4 Tell me, my good woman, what sort of money had you ?’ ‘ I had eight shillings in silver, and a sovereign in gold.’ ‘ Tell me, my good woman/ continued the lawyer, with a sneer, intended to confuse the witness, ‘ did you ever see a sovereign in anything else than gold ?’ * Oh, yes sir/ answered the woman with a calm smile, ‘ I saw Queen Victoria ?’ ‘ Madam/ said a coarse lawyer, baffled in his attempt to make a cool witness contradict her statements, ‘ You have brass enough to make a saucepan.’ * And you sauce enough to fill it/ she retorted.
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Southern Cross, Volume 8, Issue 18, 4 August 1900, Page 2
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