The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 5, Issue 5 (September 1, 1930)
Why the Tears Came
Why the Tears Came.
An advocate, pleading on behalf of a child four years old, brought it before the Court, and in his peroration took it in his arms.
The child wept, and its tears, along with the advocate's eloquence, moved the jury.
The opposing advocate, disturbed to see the emotion, said to the child: “My dear, why are you crying?”
“He's pinching me,” replied the little one.
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