“AYE, AYE” TO JUDGE
EX-SEAMAN'S LAPSE. When the name of an ex-na.val man, ' Henry R. Wilkinson, was called in the Sheerness (England) County Court recently, in a case for non-payment of tithes, the defendant shouted "Aye, aye, sir." and douhled to the witnessbox. Judge Clements, K.C.: What do you mean by addressing me in that lmper- ^ tinent manner? Wilkinson: I was addressing you as I did my superiors in the Navy. The Judge: You will be fined £5. Wilkinson: I am sorry if I have done wrong. I thought I was doing | right by observing the regulations of his Majesty's Navy. # The Judge: No, you are m his Majesty's court of law now. Don't do it again. I will let you off this time.
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Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 3, Issue 613, 18 August 1933, Page 3
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124“AYE, AYE” TO JUDGE Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 3, Issue 613, 18 August 1933, Page 3
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