GOT THE VERDICT.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 8751, 13 October 1906, Page 4

GOT THE VERDICT.

" Gentlemen of the jury," said the attorney for the man who had been, sued J for breach of promise, "my learned brother who represents the fair plaintiff in this case is trying to work upon your sympathies, and to .do it has gone outside- the facts. He has talked at length about his client's broken heart, in spite of the fact that no evidence has been introduced to show that her heart is broken or ever has been broken." Sensation on the other side. " Gentlemen," continued the lawyer, J Impressively, after^ a pause, "I don't believe hex heart is broken, and, although on such short notice I am unable to produce any evidence of its exact condition, I think I can convince you that lam right. Do you suppose that my learned' brother would have let fe matter that would affect the case so seriously stand upon a mere statement if her heart was really broken? You know that he would not. That might have been permissible before the days of X-rays, but it is not now. If her heart is broken, why does he not produce a photograph of it and prove his statement? Gentlemen, he dare not. He knows that ihe cathode rays would show a healthy and sound heSaTt." And the jurors gave a verdict for the faithless one without leaving their seats.