A rather amusing incident happened at Blenheim the other day. A Maori case was being heard, and the evidence of one weighty .witness was required. It was a ease of Mahomet and the mountain over again, only in this easo the Magistrate, Clerk of Court, crier, interpreter, counsel, and witness were Mahomet. The too substantial proportions of the witness pi-evented him from walking into the Courthouse, so the Court adjourned into the yard at the rear of the Government Buildings, whither the “weighty” witness was drawn by his sturdy, steed. He sat in his trap, was examined and cross-examined, and went his way, while the officials returned into the Courtroom and proceeded with the case. Quite a crowd assembled to witness the curious perform Irf tlio metropolis of London there is an average of one policemain to -every 424 people.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2512, 27 May 1909, Page 5
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140Page 5 Advertisements Column 4 Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2512, 27 May 1909, Page 5
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