THEY DIDN'T THINK ALIKE
It is related of Joseph Choate, that when he was a very young man, just "starting out to practise law, he was once retained by a shopkeeper to defend him in a suit for damages brought by an employee. Unfortunately for Mr. Ohoate, his client lost his head completely under cross-examination, furnishing evidence so favorable to the prosecution as to result in a 5000 dollars verdict. The * merchant^ was, nevertheless, highly indignant with his lawyer lor having lost the case, -and when they encountered each other at the courtroom door he blustered : " •' If I -had a son born an idiot I'd make him a lawyer.' 1 Your father seems to have been of another opinion,' replied young Choate coolly; ',>'•'
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New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXV, Issue 10, 7 March 1907, Page 37
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123THEY DIDN'T THINK ALIKE New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXV, Issue 10, 7 March 1907, Page 37
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