An Acquittal.
A story is told of the late Baron Bramwell, when sitting on the Crown sida on the South Wales circuit. Counsel for the defence asked leave to address the jury in Weteh. The case was a simple one, and permission was given without demur. He said but a few words. The Baron also did not think much com* ment was requisite, but was somehow startled by a prompt verdict of acquittal. " What was it "he afterwards inquired, " that M. L. said to that jury ?" •• Ob, he just Eaid : ' This case, gentlemen, lies in a nntshell. You see yourselves exactly how ifc stands. The Judge is an English man, the complainant is an Englishman. But you are Welsh, and lam Welsh, and the prisoner is Welsh. Need I say more ? I leave it to you." Baron Bramwell, it was said, formed a higher opinion than he had previously entertained of M. L.'s aeumeu and resource; but he did not allow the experiment to be repeated of address to the jury in a vernacular which he did not understand.— 1 Pali Mall Gazette.'
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Manawatu Herald, 2 July 1898, Page 3
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183An Acquittal. Manawatu Herald, 2 July 1898, Page 3
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