FOR THE LAWYERS
In the " incident related below a boy X twelve years old conquered a smart" and shrewd lawyer fighting for a bad cause. ; . . . - .•, was the important "witness, one of the lawyers, after' cross-questioning him 'severely, said: 'Your father has been talking^to you and telling , you how to testify, hasn't he ? ' "Yes,' said the boy. '.Now, 'said the lawyer, ' just teir us how your father told ' you to • testify.' T . . , 'Well,' said the boy modestly, '« father told me that the lawyers wo/uld "try and tangle me, but if 'l would just be careful and tell " the -^"frutK^l could tell ' the same thing every - -time.? -■ ~.sJ£ &r- . . The lawyer didn't try to tangle, up that boy any more. • - •"
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New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXV, Issue 8, 21 February 1907, Page 37
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118FOR THE LAWYERS New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXV, Issue 8, 21 February 1907, Page 37
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