SYDNEY COURTS.

Waikato Times, Volume 102, Issue 17220, 1 October 1927, Page 14 (Supplement)

SYDNEY COURTS.

SNAPSHOTS FROM THE. CENTRAL. Witness: There was a big stink about the I .WAV. before the meeting. Magistrate: What’s that? Witness: You know; I’m a plain bloke, and I ain’t no education nothing to speak ofl American Witness; That there guy (pointing to Sergeant Duffell) came along and took me by the arm! Domain Orator: I've got one witness ; he’s outside the court, or at least I saw him there this morning. He’s a bit of a rough diamond, y’r worship. Voice from Gallery: Am I —and I ain’t outside the court neither. Sergeant: If a man hit you, would you hit him back? Defendant: Bctcher life!

Sergeant; Do you use bad language ? „ T Witness: No; but, my oath, I can when I start 1

Female Witness: He chased me along George Street. D©fondant i Look kero, missus, X wouldn’t chase you, even if I knew Female Witness: No, you wouldn’t get the ehamst!

Witness: All the money I had was a pound note in gold in me matchbox, which a bloke gave me before the war 1

Solicitor (In sly grog case) : All these people are mixed up in the grog in this business!

Witness: He hit him with a brick. I saw the brick on his head, and then I saw it falling off I

Solicitor: How Is It you are so sure of your facts? Constable: I made a mental note in me notebook. Solicitor: In pencil, I suppose!

Femalo Witness: My husband suffers badly from nerves. _ Once he kicked me out of bed with his nerves 1

Magistrate: I’m going to dismiss this charge. Defendant: Good-o, gimme me at!

Witness: I was drunk, and I wasn’t chunk—everyoneas like that!