WAIPAWA SAVAGE CLUB.

Waipawa Mail, Volume XXXVII, Issue 8367, 9 August 1920, Page 2

WAIPAWA SAVAGE CLUB.

MOCK TRIAL. | Friday night’s korero of the Waii pawa Savage Club took the form of a i mock trial. The Council Chamber was set out to represent, as nearly as i possible, a Courtroom and the judge and counsel were attired in wig- and gown. Savage Wedde filled tlie posi- , lion of judge, and filled it well. The first part of the proceedings was devoted to the sentencing of a batch of prisoners found guilty of various I heinous offences, and the punishment 1 was in every case made to fit the crime. The “piece de resistance” was the hearing of a breach of promise case, Fox v. Woods, a claim for £SOOO damages. Savage Deck appeared for the plaintiff and Savage Strang ; for the defendant. Savage Hog", as the uncle of Adeline Fox, gave important evidence in support of the claim, but this evidence was considerably smashed in the course of crossexamination. Savage Fox, excellently made up to represent the plaintiff,' a sweet young thing of 17, enlisted the sympathies of the Court. Savage Woods, the defendant, repudiated with scorn the suggestion that he had made a promise of marriage to the plaintiff, and his evidence was corroborated by Savage Barker, who as the nurse was present when the interview between the parties took place. When the defendant’s case had been closed counsel addressed the Court, and His Honor summed up with becoming gravity. The jury, of which Savage Lewis was foreman, returned a verdict for the plaintiff, and suggested that the parties to the action should be deported to Utah. Verisimilitude was lent to the proceedings by Savage Rhodes acting as Clerk of the Court and Savage Polhill as Court crier. The “trial” afforded a distinct change from the ordinary musical programme, and was' much appreciated. After the korero a meeting of the committee was held, when preliminary arrangements were made for tlie “ladies’ night,” to be held on Friday, 20th inst.