CHIEF JUSTICE AND BAKER.

Hokitika Guardian, 13 May 1924, Page 4

CHIEF JUSTICE AND BAKER.

HOW HE KNEW THE TIME. WELLINGTON, May 0. “Ho you know tlio difference between a nood suit and an old one?” asked tlio Chief Justice (Sir Hubert Stout) of a witness in the Supreme Court yesterday. “Well, you see, ‘Mr Stout.’ confidently replied the witness—“l am net used to good clothes.” (Laughter). “But you surely know the difference:-” said the Chief Justice. “Oh. yes; 1 know whether they are ragged or not.” replied the witness, who gave his occupation as a baker. “Have you a watch.'” the Chief Justice later inquired. “No. I have not got. a watch. I cannot afford it.” replied the witness. The Chief Justice: T should have thought that a man who could afford beer could afford a watch. “fcvery man to bis taste,” said the witness, amidst laughter. Then how do you tell the time.- — By the clock in the bar. (Laughter).

Sir Hubert jSibut: 1 see —by the clock in the bar. This witness was crcfs-cxamined by the Crown Prosecutor. “Now. what you have told us is an invention, is it not!-” asked Mr Moca ssey. “What is an invention?” innocently inquired the witness. “I think you are an authority on that,” said Mr Maeassev. (Laughter). The witness, however, had the last shot. “If von want to know.” lie said, “you had better give me the definition of ‘invention’!. . . I have not had the college education you had, you know.”- (Laughter).