The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 13, Issue 8 (November 1, 1938)
Caught Napping
Caught Napping.
It was a warm day, and a dull case concerning the rights of river commissions was being argued.
Counsel made speeches of interminable length, and the judge fell into a doze.
“But we must have water here,” thundered the defending lawyer in such stentorian tones that the judge “came to.”
“All right,” he mumbled hastily, “but only a very little in mine.”
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