SON ASSAULTS FATHER.

Waikato Times, Volume 100, Issue 16748, 15 March 1926, Page 8

SON ASSAULTS FATHER.

ADMITTED TO PROBATION. (By Telegraph—Press Association.) lIOKITIKA, Saturday. In Ihe Supreme Court Walter John Thorpe was found guilty of assault and ! causing bodily harm on his father. He j was granted probation for three years, | and an order was made I hat he should take out a prohibition order against himself; also pay the costs of the prosecution, I'iO is. MARRIED MEN. ALWAYS TIDIER, SAYS WITNESS. -Mr E. Page, 5.. M., at Wellington, ! very seldom smiles in Court. He ' broke Uie rule, however, when, during the hearing of a case, he contributed a laugh towards his share, of amusement. -Mr .1. . I!. Slevcnson was subjecting a witness to rather a strong crossexamination at the time, as to whether a cerlain man was really married or not. "Now listen lo me, sir," cried Mr Stevenson, thumping his list on Ihe desk and glaring at witness. "Remember you are on oalh—on oath, sir—and a false statement may result in serious consequences. You allege my client was a married man. I am now asking, how you can tell whether he had aj wife or not. Do you mean to suggest j lo Ibis Court, sir, lliat. you can point ; lo a man in the street and say whether i lie is married or otherwise?" I "Yes. generally one can," came the ■ somewhat unexpected reply. : "Now, sir," aslced Mr Slevenson, I "how can you tell whether a man is : married or single?" j "Simply this way," replied the j other. "Defendant was nice and lidy. I lie was very clean and spruce. He! had on a sporls jacket, and looked happy and content. When a man is ' nice and lidy, and there are no but-I lons missing from his coat, you can generally say to yourself: 'That's a! married man.' " I A roar of laughter followed this' extraordinary announcement, and ii was some lime before the sacred order of Ihe Court could he restored, i A bigger laugh came, however, a moment later, when it transpired that. I the defendant was a single man. !

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