Mr Justice Edwards does not put (Mill in the native witness who says lie cannot speak English. His Honor asked a Maori witness in a case at the‘'Supreme Court at Napier if lie- understood English-and the dusky child of nature, replied in perfectly good English “No.” (says the “Napier Telegraph”). He evidently failed to see tlie jolce and the services .of an interpreter had to be requisitioned. His Honor said that- in one case before him a licensed interpreter in giving evidence had desired the c ervicos of another licensed interpreter. The Maori in the ease gave his evidence in a beautiful mixture of English and his native tongue.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2461, 27 March 1909, Page 5
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