RESULT OF SUSPICION.
“It is a rule to which good lawyers usually adhere,” says a Philadelphia attorney, 11 never to tell more than one knows. There was an instance in England, not many years ago, wherein a lawyer carried the rule to the extreme. One of the agents in a Midland Revision Court objected to a person whose name was on the register, on the ground that he was dead. The revising attorney declined to accept the assurance.
however, and demanded conclusiv testimony on the point. The agent on the other side rose and gave corroborative evidence as to the decease of the man in question. “ But, sir, how do you know the man’s dead ?” demanded the barrister. “Well,” was the reply. “I don’t know. It’s very difficult to prove.” “ As I suspected,” returned the barrister. “You don't, know whether he’s dead or not.” Whereupon the witness coolly continued, “ I was saying, sir, that I don’t know whether he is dead or not, but I do know this : they buried him about a month ago on suspicion.”
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Waipukurau Press, Issue 280, 9 July 1908, Page 7
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177RESULT OF SUSPICION. Waipukurau Press, Issue 280, 9 July 1908, Page 7
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