The wrong courtroom incident wasn’t the only embarrassing or “Minties moment” shared. Judge Menzies also recalled a lawyer he didn’t name making an earnest bail application in hopeless circumstances, with the key argument being the intense interest the defendant’s mother was taking in proceedings. “What counsel was unable to appreciate, and what I could see quite obviously, the defendant's mother … the only person remaining, had long since curled up in a corner, sound asleep and snoring,” Judge Menzies said. “Bail was refused.” Christel Yardley/Stuff Judge Menzies came to the bench in 2014 and, before that, was a partner at Harkness Henry.