“TUT! TUT!” SAID S.M.
A JUDGMENT DEBTOR who appeared in file Magistrate's Court this morning could have squared his creditor easily if cheerfulness was currency. An aggressive young lawyer began his cross-examination. llow many children have you'* —Three, and one expected. Why didn’t you pay this debt ? The man could have got it if he called round for it. I had it pul away in a nice little sunshine purse. Then a burglar came and got it. I don’t know how the devil .... The Magistrate: Tut, tut! The Solicitor: Do you bet at all ?—Dickin, I haven’t been able to for years. I had the wheeze about a double that landed home, but I couldn’t put anything on if. The Magistrate: No order. The cheerful one stepped out of the box and put his hat on. The Clerk: TAKE THAT HAT OFF. The cheerful one: I beg yours. Then he stepped out into the sunshine, where he certainly belonged.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 17881, 24 June 1926, Page 1
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