WHO IS DEFENDANT.
It is singular the mistakes some p-ople make. Ouly this morning a. willy .old Ma^ri.skipped" one of our • logal gentleman in the street, and said h« requirei a lawyers services. "All right"'said the mau of law " liow much ' money have yon in your pocket?' The native dipped-down and replied, "Two pounds," "Trot it out," said the solicit >r. " What's the case V The Maori ha/.ded him a copy of the summons, and Id, mirahile dictu 1 the plaintiff was none other tlwn tlie lawyer himself, ' who had b«eii suing the unfortunate native for professional costs. Now that native has retained the plaintiff to defend his own case. " This is a strange world, my masters."—Poverty Bay Herald.
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Kumara Times, Issue 669, 19 November 1878, Page 2
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