AN ACQUITTAL.
A young lawyer -Had a foreign client in a police cotnrt. It looked rather black for the foreigner and the lawyer fairly outdid himself in trying to con*", vince the Magistrate that his client wa? innocent, The lawyer dwelt on the other 'a ignorance of: our customs, his straightforward story, and enough other details to extend the talk fully fifteen minutes. His client was acquitted. In congratulating tihe freed man the lawyer held ovA his hand in an absent though rather suggestive manner. The client grasped it warmly, "Dot was a fine noise you make," he said. ''Tanks Goo'bye." ; < ' '■ '
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Hutt News, Volume 2, Issue 44, 10 April 1930, Page 10
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101AN ACQUITTAL. Hutt News, Volume 2, Issue 44, 10 April 1930, Page 10
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