HOW HE SPOILT HIS CASE.

Pelorus Guardian and Miners' Advocate., Volume 8, Issue 27, 2 April 1907, Page 2

HOW HE SPOILT HIS CASE.

—* — "It pays sometimes to have the right kind of a lawyer," remarked the man in the corner seat of the suburban-bound train. "I was a witness iii! a case a few weeks ago, in which a man was seeking damages for permanent injuries sustained in an accident to a crane which he was running. The plaintiff claimed that he had been maimed for life, by being permanently deprived of the free use of his right arm. Although the accident had happened months before, his arm was still crippled, and he was unable to raise it above his waist. He. explained all this with much feeling and earnestness during his direct examination. Then counsel for the owner of the crane took hi in in hand. '"Show us how high you can raise your arm,' said (he lawyer. "Ami' the defendent feebly raised his arm a few inches.

" 'Now show us how high you could raise your arm before you were injured,' pursued the lawyer. "And the defendant unhesitatingly and unthinkingly raised the crippled arm high above his head, thus knocking his damage claim skyward with one eloquent gesture."