Perhaps the most novel defence ever put forward in a court of law is that a copy of which is in. the possession of an officer of he Grey mouth police force (says the Evening News). It is as follows : “ Your Worship,” said the solicitor, kindly but firmly, u ray client’s defence is that the goods were never delivered, but if they were delivered, they were paid for. If they were delivered and not paid for, he can prove that they were returned. Also, they reached him in such a damaged condition as to TkT valueless. In any case, Your Worship, my client .is not the right man, and was brought here owing to a mistake in identify, but even if he is the right man, he has an alibi ! ” j
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Putaruru Press, Volume IV, Issue 137, 17 June 1926, Page 2
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