Equal to the Occasion.
An eminent Scott,i:li advocate, no longer living, who was not renowned, to put it mildly, for temperance,' Was once, after indulging pretty freely, called upon unexpectedly to plead. To the consternation of his iget}t and cljent, fip (nade (pays T, PV Weekly) an eloquent gpecchi {or the other side. In a burned notc'hp was informed of his mistake, just as he was aliput to sit down. The situation would ha.VB ''floored" HiQsi; 'Hut, readjusting his wig and gown! he tsaljuly proceeded : "sueh, (»y lords, M the statement |of this case which you will probably hear from my learned brother on the other slide. I, shall now, therefor#., fchow your, lordships how utterly untenable are the principles, and how distorted are the facts, upon which this plausible statement, has proceeded." He then went through the whole case again, aifd so completely Refuted his fonncr reasoning "that he won the ! tasp {Ol l»is CjittU, ■
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 78956, 11 August 1905, Page 2
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156Equal to the Occasion. Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 78956, 11 August 1905, Page 2
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