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SPOKE TO TEN JURORS ABOUT HIS CASE
A LITIGANT who admitted that after a case was over he talked to every member of the jury except two was rebuked in the Court of Appeal.
The court dismissed an appeal in person by Mr. Lawrence William Worden, of Lammack-road, Blackburn, who suggested that £5 awarded to him in his action at Manchester Assizes against the Midland Bank was inadequate.
Mr. Worden alleged that the bank had committed a breach of contract and libelled him by sending back a cheque which he drew for £2 16s. 3d., endorsed "refer to drawer."
BANK DENIED MALICE
The bank admitted that when it
the cheque there returned
Was account sufcient in Mr. Worden's to meet it, but dented mallec.
The bank made a payment into court, and Mr. Worden got Judgment for £5, with costs.up to the date of payment in, and the bank was given costs after that date.
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Mr.
Worden suggested
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Dead Three Minutes,
Given Life
NEW YORK.
MRS. Bella Sutterman, aged 57, of
the Bronx, "died" for
of Appeal that the jury's minutes recently.
for £5 was arrived at ng a compratse,
Lord Justice Scolt: You must not
can't know say that. You
that, been talking to members of the jury, and that would
unless you have
be very wrong!.
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Two days later she was resting comfortably, very much alive and likely to recover from the illness which "killed" her.
HELPED BY POLICE
Mr. Worden: I have, but I was Dr. Maurice Goodwin, u gradunte started by other people talking dest.of the University of Graz (Austria),
Lord Justice Scott: Have you
who accomplished this modern a police miracle with the aid of emergency squad, was called in when Mrs. Sufferman collapsed after an asthmatic attack.
talked to every member of the jury? Mr. Wurden Yes, all except two,
"VERY IMPROPER"
Lord Justice Scott: That was very seriously Improper thing to do No litigant has a right to talk to members of the jury after the case 15 over and ask what they did as Jurymen.
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Lord Justice Goddard: You have right to know what goes on In the juryroom. Judges have no right to know, and no one has any right to know. That is the beauty of the jury system.
Libel Suit Against K.C.
The
Was woman
dead."
Dr. Goodwin asserted afterwards. "There was no heart action and no pulse. She was not breathing and was cold and rigid."
Dr. Goodwin
arlißelal applied respiration and administered udren- alin elloride and viglgolin. four minutes be detected breathing,
OXYGEN USED
After
He summoned the pollee, who used an oxygen apparatus for three hours, consuming three tanks of oxygen, as returned to the patient gradually life.
Dr. Goodwin said he thought Mrs.
A libel action against Mr. E. G.Sutterman suffered from paralysis of Hemmerde, K.C.. Recorder of Liver-the respiratory centre of the brain. pool, and Miss Eileen MacDonaki, aensed by
Manchester barrister, is pending in asthma.
the High Court at the suit of Mr.
Wilfred John Clark, managing clerk
drugs prescribed for
to Messus, T. II. Hinchcliffe & Sons, To Read Napoleon
solicitors, of Manchester.
It has been set down for hearing
In the King's Bench Division special Jury list.
San Francisco. Napoleon Bonaparte knows what's
Mr. Hemmexxie and Miss Moc-in a name, especially in a name like Donald appeared for Mrs. Lowick, a that. Arrested on n charge of in- young ex-typist, who was the central toxication be repented before the figure of the Lowiek v Lazarus court and promised if the mis- "malice" case,
demeanour could be overlooked he would spend his spare time not drinking but in the public library reading the life of his illustrious namesake. The court sent him the library.
A retrial at Manchester Assizes ended on March 11 last year with a settlement in favour of Mrs. Lowiek for $5,000 damages and £4,200 coat.
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March 3, 1939.
Part of the large crowd seen at the Happy Valley Race Course this week-Ming Yuen.
Mrs. J. IL Taggart and Mm. A, E, Southard at the Races-Ming Yuen.
New Arms Seen By The King
Some of the ceret armaments which are being developed for the EDMC Royal Air Force and for branches of the Army were seen by the King recently in the course of n visit of two hours' duration paid by his Majesty to the experimental and development works of Nash and at Tolworth, Thompson, Limited.
Surrey.
A number of power-operated gun turrets Atted with one, two, or more guns and set in representations of alrcraft fuselages were shown to the King and were worked by mechanics In one case # In his presence. penell was placed in the barrel of one of the guns protruding from the turret, and, while the King watched, the operator worked the turret so that the penell wrote "the King's name on a piece of paper held in front of it by one of the mechanics, The King took charge of this exhibit afterwords and carried it away with him.
A number of developments of various kinds of guns were also ex- hibited and his Majesty later walked through the works, examining the apparatus
among of production, which were some diamond turning tools, some special machine tools de- veloped by the firm for particular kinds of work, and the X-ray op- paratus. Subsequently the adapta- iton of a gun turret for use in a tank was also seen by the King.
WPA Force Goes Fishing
Canyon Lake Ariz. Add to WPA jobs: Aubing. Arizona Works Progress Adminis- tration employees have caught 62 tons-of-carp in special traps, and
SHE WEARS 20,000,
FROCKS A. YEAR
"SOME women are sorry for me because I have to wear 20,000 frocks a year," said Helen Mac Paul, a 19- year-old mannequin who arrived in London from New York recently with a trunkful of clothes.
She is the girl who shows "I have to spend at least a third wholesale gown-buyers the kind of my satary on clothes. Tell the of frocks that women in New other girls that. York, London and Paris want to
wear,
"I never see the women who buy the gowns that I model," she said, flieking the fringe of a white silk frock that she wore under on crmine cost.
"But this I will say: Hundreds of those gowns are worn by women who shouldn't look at them. I shudder to think of a stout woman struggling
uto this gown, for instance,
tall.
Ms Paul, being St. 71in. with a waist measurement of 241⁄2in, can wear any kind of frock. This one," she suld
"I have some worrying times when showing frocks to sweethearts and husbands of women customers. The men all want to know if their wives | und girl friends will look like me... Well, I ask you."
Coach To Leave 23-Year Job
Wooster, O.
L. 2. Boles, who has held his job longer than any other college coach in Ohio-having piloted Woosler laughingly, college's football teams for 23 years "will cost any other woman £40 to-will resten after the 1939 season. huy, and the coat would cost £200, 111s successor will be Johnny Swig-
art, backfleld couch. but I get them wholesale,
to
relief recipients by the Federal Sur- plus Commodity corporation.
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Now We Are Six.
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Child Song Books. 1-2. Carey Bonner.
School Concert Books. Kingsway Series, Wireless Songs That Winnie Sings.
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