The young barrister, sporting his wig for the second time, was boring judge and witnesses alike. He cited case after cose in tedious fashion, and so exasperated a city business man with his crude methods of crossexamination that the witness muttered: “Shut up, you young fool.” The young counsel at once appealed to the judge. “My Lord, the witness is mumbling insulting remarks about me.” The judge said, sharply: “Don't mumble; don’t mumble.” “Health detectives” watch over the London docks, inspecting every alien and every cargo which would enter. Xu the last twelve months these officials, comprising doctors and inspectors, examined nearly 21,000 aliens in 768 ships.
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Evening Star, Issue 19786, 9 February 1928, Page 4
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