Well, chinahorse, what Smith was saying to the Judge (and they were formidable figures in those days) was that following his (Smith's) address to the court " of course, you are just as thick as you were before, but now, at least, you've had some of the facts explained to you!" What brilliant insolence - and it just may be that the Judge was too thick to understand that insolence; we'll never know ...
Smith later became a formidable political figure and a close ally of Churchill, but he died relatively young and never reached the highest ranks of politics.
Hope that helps ...
Tony.
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