The Otago " Guardian " of the 15th inst. relates the following : —"During the trial at the Supreme Court yesterday, it became necessary to identify the belaying-pin with which it is alleged Dodd committed the assault npon the unfortunate man Green ; and MrHaggitt, turning to one of the police* men on duty in the Court, asked him to < bring in that belaying-pin.' To the astonishment of everybody, the guardian of the law stepped to the door and commenced singing out at the top of his lungs, 'Mr Hill Bain, Mr Bill Ham !' and he might have added, 'No appearance your Honor,' had he not been promptly informed of his mistake, when a sense of the ludicrous caused him to blush to the roots of his hair. It. is needless to say that this little episode caused a general laugh, which was only allayed by. the J belaying-pin' being produced."
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Grey River Argus, Volume XV, Issue 1943, 28 October 1874, Page 3
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