“Ask him in Anglo-Saxon,” said Mr Justice Ostler at the Supreme Court in Wanganui, when counsel asked a boy witness whether in the event of the accused making a certain statement he would modify his evidence, to which the answer was “Yes.” Following his Honor’s suggestion, counsel put ’ the question again, but asked him whether he would “alter his evidence.” The answer “No” showed that the witness had not understood the question in the first place. It is said that each year works of ; art worth 20 million pounds leave Britain.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 18769, 27 May 1929, Page 7
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