QUIPS IN COURTS.
Witness at Jimv County Courts: l am doing my best to tell tlie trutli. Solicitor: You are not very successful.
.Motorist at How County Court: I was proceeding at a crawl—about 15 to 20 miles an hour.
Man at Mansfield, Nottinghamshire 1 have not been brought up to strike ; woman.
AVnman at Highgate: I want a sum moils against my husband for persis. tent cruelty. He keeps a ferocious dog.
Willesden Landlady: lie had his rooms all done up again for his new wife, who thought they were not good enough for her ladyship. Solicitor (to a woman at North London): Have you ever been charged at this court? Tho Woman: Yes, sir, but not oil niv own behalf.
Judge Cltier (to a plaintiff at Shoreditch County Court!: You must not ask counsel anything. Counsel are like judges—don’t know anything, only their instructions.
Man at Thames Police Court: I work at Sutton, Surrey, tint come to the East End some week-ends as it is cheaper living. * * * * *
Afan at Bow County Court (asked if his wife was present) : T don’t carry her about under my arm. I want my bed made.
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Hokitika Guardian, 3 September 1928, Page 4
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193QUIPS IN COURTS. Hokitika Guardian, 3 September 1928, Page 4
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