EQUAL TO THE OCCASION
In a case tried in an Australian town a young lawyer was addressing the jury on a point of law, when good-naturedly he turned to opposing counsel, a man of much experience, and asked: ‘That’s right, T believe, Mr. Hopkins?’ Whereupon Hopkins, with a smile of conscious superiority, replied : ‘ Sir, I have an office in this town wherein I shall be delighted to enlighten you on any point of law for a consideration.’ • The youthful attorney, not in the least abashed, took from bis pocket half a sovereign, which he offered Mr. Hopkins, with this remark: , ‘No time like the present. Take this, sir, tell us what you know and give me the change.’
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New Zealand Tablet, 31 August 1911, Page 1718
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118EQUAL TO THE OCCASION New Zealand Tablet, 31 August 1911, Page 1718
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