A Question of Time
“To save time I will plead guilty,” said a defendant during the hearing of a case in the Magistrate’s Court yesterday, when asked how he would plead. “It is not necessary to save time, you know,” remarked the Magistrate (Mr R. C. Abernethy). The defendant replied that the “waste of time” might cost him more than the actual fine. He was fined £l.
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Southland Times, Issue 23922, 14 September 1939, Page 9
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67A Question of Time Southland Times, Issue 23922, 14 September 1939, Page 9
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