PRECOCIOUS.
An amusing incident is said to have occurred in the Supreme Court, Wanganui, the other day. A little girl was being asked how far off she was from the accused when a robbery was being perpetrated. Not being a good judge of distances, the little girl could not say. The prosecuting counsel (states the “ Fielding Guardian ”) then began to enquire was she as far off as the Judge? As from the reporters’ table ? As from crier of the court ? As from the jury ? &c., &c. The witness could not make up her mind as to the exact distance corresponding with those given her as comparisons. At last a happy thought struck her, and she told her anxious enquirer, “ I was about as far off the man who was robbing as I am from that old woman over there,” pointing hexfinger at the person she meant. A titter ran through the court on it being discovered the “ old woman ” in question was a youthful barrister who had just made his howto the Supreme Court, and was arrayed in all the glory of wig and gown.
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South Canterbury Times, Issue 2288, 17 July 1880, Page 3
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185PRECOCIOUS. South Canterbury Times, Issue 2288, 17 July 1880, Page 3
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