FATHER'S SUIT.
Mr F. E. Smith, K.C., M.P., tells a story of a. County Court case he was once engaged in, in which tho plaintiff's son, a lad of eight years, was to appear as a witness. When the youngster entered the box he wore, boots several sizes too large,, a hat that almost hid his face, long trousers relied up so that the baggy knees were at his ankles, and, to complete, the picture, a swallow-tail coat that had to be held to korp it from sweeping tho floor. This ludricons picture was too much for the court, but the judge, between his spasms of laughter, managed to ask the hoy his reason for appearing in such garb. With wondering look, the lad fished in an inner pocket and hauled the summons from it, pointing out a sentence with solemn mien as he did so. "To appear in his father's suit." it read.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 10418, 23 March 1912, Page 1
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