"Trial By Jury"

Feilding Star, Volume VII, Issue 134, 22 April 1886, Page 2

" Trial By Jury"

The following amusing notice has been handed to us for publication :—

TO HIS HONOB THE JTTDQB

Between Augelina, plaintiff; and Edwin, defendant —

Take notice that in the above action I move for a new trial on the following grounds — . 1. That the fair plaintiff used unfair and undue influence with the

jury. ***$ 2. That the judge displayed undoubted bias and loaned' unfairly towards the plaintiff. _ 3. That the bridesmaid's "l weKr^io bewitching that the jury "could| not deliver a fair verdict. v -/

4. That the counsel's points law were most misleading. 5. That the whole case was a brilliant success and the trial moif^&e repeated at an early date. 6. That everybody far and near will be present to see fair play an Englishman's birthright. --■,<.'■*. i Dated at Bulls this 19th day of April. HeNBY S. BtJZFOZf Solicitor foe. the'defendant Upon reading the notice herein and hearing the respective parties to the suit I do order that a new trial in this action be held on Friday May 7th. Dated at Feilding this 21st day of April, 1886. Bobzkt Gbosskav, Judge.

A correspondent of the Wanganui Herald, writing on the performance of " Trial by Jury," says, after a few preliminary remarks, that the judge's song went well, even if his lordship. was a little too dramatic. The unabashed but fickle defendant, Mr ,Gilmer, looked, acted, and sung 'ft ffifcult j»rt very well. Perhaps^dw sensation of the evening was'" ifce entrance of the bridesmaids.' X declare my heart beats now at tile reintfrnSai^ ance.. In they came trippiftgv firtt and two, 12, or was it H?^l#Wlf creatures beautifully jiressed, ll btW crossed, holding short toi -ptttl&t)f Ait made a crescent of youth and beauty all round the stage. '"' No' winder the jury straightway lost their. hftfo and hearts ; lam sure I did. . I thought I knew Feilding pretty well, but I was not prepared for so many pretty faces. But seel they divide in the middle, and the lovely plaintiff, the cynosure of all eyes, Miss Atkins, comes forward to the footlights in full bridal costume, wreath, veil, orange flowers, &c. The chorus of bridesmaids, with the plaintiffs solo, one of the prettiest bits in the whole thing, went very well. The judge and jury were taken by storm, and a verdict against the defendant seemed a foregone conclusion. The grand o' lotus, "A nice dilemma,", and the unalo, in which the judge settles matters by declaring '♦ I will marry ber myself," brought the play to a conclusion amid a storm of musical I congratulations and red fire, and the curtain fell to a thoroughly delighted audience. Such a success was not achieved without an immense deal of i hard work, and Miss Atkins may well • be proud of the results of her months' toil in drilling the scattered musical j talent of Feilding andthe neighborhood. Thezealousco-operation of Mr and Mrs Macarthur and their friends from first te last, and the masterly way in which Miss Willis and Mr Cohen kept the whole thing together by the way they managed the accompaniments, were elements of success, the absence of any of which would have been fatal.