LAW COURT SPARKLETS

Hutt News, Volume 3, Issue 2, 5 June 1930, Page 11

LAW COURT SPARKLETS

Witness: She said she had sulTeied from scrutinising pains.

Witness, to a solicitor; : Don't stop me —I am speaking the truth at last.

Man accused- of theft: 1 did not stekl it. I took it because 1 wanted it.

Magistrate: Were you ■drunk? Man:: I was indiscreet to the extent of two pints of beer.

il My tenant pays his rent a, shilling a time, just as if he Was, a gas meter,'' stated a landlady

"The only time I can get money out of my husband is when he is out of work.' } said his *wi f c when giving evidence against her husband.

Magistrate, to man charged with drunkenness: Anything to say? Man: No, sir. Magistrate: No. regrets! Man:

No, sir.

Husband, when asked whether his wife was present: You could riot drag her away from her washing on'a Monday.

Solicitor: How do you know this man I was drunk? Witness: He was standing >y his car, and asked me what I thought

of his horse. Defendant: I .saved up the money for my rates, then my wife made me buy her some fal.se teeth. The rate money has just been eaten up. Constable: She \\i\B fighting -with her' husband and lie was having a bad time of it, so I was obliged to take her into custody. Magistrate, to a woman who complainof assault: When you were struck did. you hit back? Woman: No, we do not do that in my set, we take,out a summons. Woman of 49, accused of pushing two men off the footway:'l never swear, I never drink beer, I am the mother of nine and a. grandmother. Magistrate, in binding her over: You are a paragon.