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Welcome to The Rebuttal podcast, where we break down case law, comedy and chaos in the legal field.

I am once again your host, Rep Maisel, as always. Today's case

is a lesson of sorts on luck, on divine intervention, and on the dead witness dilemma. The facts of this

case took place in Australia in 1935, in the 1930s generally, really, and the cast of characters that are going to enter the scene

are outlandish enough for you to say, are you sure this is real? Indeed it is. I researched it very

thoroughly. I invite you to sit back, enjoy, and think about the last time you were in an aquarium. Maybe pay attention to what the

fish are coughing up. Very quick disclaimer, though I often pull excerpts from news articles,

from press releases. I read sections of entire court opinions to you. This is not one of those.

This is me writing about it top to bottom.

This is a rebuttal special. Enjoy. Quote, you never know what worst luck, your bad luck, has saved you

from. Corrick McCarthy. No country for old men. Part one, the shark. On April 25,

35, 300,000 spectators and 60,000 veterans swept into Sydney.

It was Anzac Day, the acronym for the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps, two allied countries

with the dynamic of siblings who hate being mistaken for the other. A national day of

remembrance for all servicemen killed in combat and peacekeeping

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