Couldn't Guess

NZ Truth, Issue 1193, 11 October 1928, Page 7

Couldn't Guess

(COUNSEL: "And what time does V' that evening train leave?" Witness: "The time-table aay» 7.55." .-W ■;. \\:-.: : ■ ■„_■/. ■ ■ iiiiiiiiiiiiMiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimimiiiiuiiiiimmimmmiiiimiKiiiimminßria Plaintiff, stated that when defendant had asked her for the loan of £10, a§ he was getting married, she had toll him that she "had been bitten, once before," but she decided to oblige him, saying: "I'll lend you the money eti condition you ; marry the girl an£ give „■ her ,your hame.*'v .; " ■•:' „ Ahd'"-80-- it was "agreed that the money should change hands for a time on that understanding, and Eliza went with Rgcklander, the girl and the £10 to : the registry office and the marriage was per* formed. / . So far everything had worked to schedule, but as time went on : she could see no indication of her loan re». turning, and after defendant had mads further promises, which he did-" not keep, she' hid her anxiety nb longer. Defendant told her on one occasion that when he received his insuranoti nioney he would retijr,n the loan 'in a lump sum. His wlf^;h9wever, abUß«a her for seeking to g^t^the £10 back. "Well, some imp&a&antnesa; turned up then," she said. ;J2|l: {began to)mis* trust his honesty." ' Defendant, she to'ld-'the^c.ouEt, -aaidl to her; "If you take me to court i% will be the worst ;:d?iy*s work- you'y^ ever done^ , .: ■ :^: '':-;. "■'■'' • :J ~ : "?.- . 1 Getting properljf-iinto-hep- stride, plaintiff, did not mince her; words - and wejht o.h -i.like 5 'the"' ■ proverbial : brook, .neceasitatlng :«th.e ihterhiip- ; tion both bencii i.and counsel.."He said he would .'give me: half a dollar, a. week," she ; ifeid. "luater hf came;, and knocked otL-pif door."; ; (Her* witness thumped on^the r*ii : T°i .th# witness-box.) "He asked hie what about the money he had put on racehorses for me.".'.. I ; certainly . . had not given him money for thatras I can put money on my own racehorses." Plaintiff's interest m races was men* tioned agajn, when Lawyer Anderson J asked her i? she always carried .a gooa deal of money m her bag.. I Plaintiff: Well, I had been to thf races. » S.M.: ToJi J had-^win,;.too, I think. 'Counsel; -Wh£st^|^^!did?y^.b:i6k^ —I put 10/- bri'QufeeniAfeh;Plaintiff hurried, on to explain that she had warned defendant's wife not to go to the . races, _ telling" her : that . she "was only a young girl" : and thkt "there- was- -nothmg^Jja_JJ," ..but. T tha bench "cutlier ; short. . •" "«•• An end. was. put^cTKer eloquence by the bench, and sK§,, ! ;syg£ told "riot to talk so much" and^ «|ater .to ''stand down." S.M. to defendant: Do you say that the. evidence is all lies?-— Yes, all lies. 1 Defendant cbntinued to ; state .that the evidence was mendacious; from bej ginning to end, and when asked what he thought rof- a -statement made by ■vv'.itne'gs. Hollies, he. .gt kbbed the ibible | lying hear his hand, 1 and- holding it aloft/ shouted; "It's ;,tt.' ;: 'Ue/"- ,. .. "I. am sati?fie^ tfiat ..defendant ii lying," BOA' the: mdglstrate,. giving judgment for Vpi^ntiff'withi 1 costs. -

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