Kankakee Valley Post, Volume 13, Number 22, DeMotte, Jasper County, 9 April 1943 — ’Twas Necessity Made Knave of Honest Man [ARTICLE]
’Twas Necessity Made Knave of Honest Man
In a certain court case one of the lawyers caused much amusement by referring to opposing counsel as “Mr.—er—Necessity/' This went on for some time until the judge interrupted. “Might I ask, Mr. Robinson,” he said, “why you continually refer to learned counsel as ‘Mr. Necessity* ? M “Because, your honor, he knows no law,” was the biting answer.
