DIVORCE REPORTS.
RESULT OF RESTRICTIONS. (BT CABLE—PKISS ASSOCIATION— COPYRIGHT.) (MJfITRALUX AND M.Z. CABLE SSOCIATIOK.) (Received January 14th, 8.15 p.m.) LONDON, January 14. Describing the procedure in divorce courts since detailed newspaper reports have been forbidden by law, the "Daily Express" says: "The parties to a suit now give evidence in rapid succession, and suit follows suit with almost equal rapidity. Barristers have lost much of their former emotional appeal. A dry recital of the circumstances is followed by the corroboration of a few witnesses and then a formal appeal for a decree." The newspapers now rarely publish even such skeleton reports as the law permits. The opinion is expressed that this is likely in "the course of ,time to encourage and increase Buits.
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Press, Volume LXIII, Issue 18900, 15 January 1927, Page 15
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123DIVORCE REPORTS. Press, Volume LXIII, Issue 18900, 15 January 1927, Page 15
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