A MEAN BENCH.
There was an extraordinary scene in the Masterton [Resident Magistrate’s Court the other day (says a Wellington paper). A strapping young fellow named Erankliu was sued by a Mr Ewinglon for debt, and pleaded “ infancy.” The Court would not accept the plea, it being unsupported by corroborative evidence, and gave judgment for the plaintiff. At the conclusion of the case a little excitement was created by Mi’s Ewington, the wife of the plaintiff,marching up to the “infant,’ in the box and solemnly presenting him with a child’s rattle. Of course the little joke, perpetrated under the very nose of the Bench, could not be tolerated. Mr Warded therefore had the offender removed from the Court, and later in the day fined her £l for contempt. Mrs Ewington will refrain in future from paying these delicate little attentions to auy_ other “infants ” she may be brought in contact with—at any rate while they are in the witness box. (The rattle should now be presented to the Magistrate who was too mean to appreciate the joke.)
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South Canterbury Times, Issue 2289, 19 July 1880, Page 3
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177A MEAN BENCH. South Canterbury Times, Issue 2289, 19 July 1880, Page 3
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