In a rural Court the old squire had : made a ruling so unfair, that., thres , young lawyers at onco protested against suoli a miscarriage of justice. ■ The squire immediately fined each of tha j lawyers -5 dollars for contempt of court: ' 4 There was,silence, and then■ im older v ; lawyer walked slowly to the front of H the room and deposited a 10 dollar., bill i with the clerkl- He then addressed the ? Judge as follows: "Your Honour, I, wish to state that I 'have twice as i much contempt for this Court as any ,j ?jian m the Comlanion." • j
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Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2708, 1 March 1916, Page 5
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101Page 5 Advertisements Column 2 Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2708, 1 March 1916, Page 5
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