A Judge in Difficulties.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVI, Issue 235, 8 October 1904, Page 3

A Judge in Difficulties.

Judge Swyly, sluing in the Shoreditch County Court the other day, was worried. There 'before him was ft young lady—and two, bodices. Ont the lady \trore. And all the troubU. was about the other. The judge had to decide whether it fitted the lady, and Judge Smyly did not feel equal to the task. The young lady had refused to accept a bodice froiu her •dressmaker, and she had taken proceedings to recover the value of .the material, which she said had been £p oiled. His Honor ; Oh, dear ! What is the use of bringing these dress cases Iq l me? —(Laughter.) The plaintiff bad foetten go, aiwl put it on (the bodice), and then point out the defects. Defendant : Will your Honor look at the one she has on first? His Honor : What lor ?—(Laugh-j ter.) || Defendant : To reg if that fits. m His Honor : How on earth can Ij I tell how it fits at all V Some partsj ■ are ar.fl others loose, and I ■ might think they .should be the opI posilc.—(Loud laughter.) ' On the plaintilV putlliwj? on t'hja Lpdice, she sa!i'd it. was cut too low at the neck. Hie Honor : Is that a defect ? (Laughter.) Defendant : I have offered to do any alteration sho wanted, i Plaintiff : But she has put down the back what should be at the front.—(Lcid iaughtor.) His Ho-ror : Possibly you have got U on wrong.—(Laughter.)

CABLE NEWS. (United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph— Copyright.).