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TRIAL BY JURY

' Sir,—Your report of Sir-Francis Mi's remarks recalls those of Sir W. b. Gilbert's, when the court usher swears m amid the plaintiff's elirieks, Tho ruffiantly defendant speaks Upon the other side, What he shall say you need not mind, Xfrom bias free of every, kind this trial must be tried." There is no doubt that no court usher in New Zealand would so degrade his office as to behave as in Gilbert's play, nor would he do it in song, even if ho did so shockingly misconduct himself; but Gilbert's satire was good—l am, etc., H.L.M.

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Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3174, 27 August 1917, Page 7

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TRIAL BY JURY Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3174, 27 August 1917, Page 7

TRIAL BY JURY Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3174, 27 August 1917, Page 7

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