A COURT TEST
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JUDGE CALLS UPON GIRL WITNESS TO BLINK AT HIM PROOF OF DISFIGUREMENT
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London, Nov. 3. Judge Crawford, in the county court at ' Southend, told a young woman to stand beside him and blink at him. Miss Florence S'prules, 20, of Hildavilledrive, Westcliff, claimed £100 damages for injuries she received in collision with a motor-cycle driven by Mr. George H. Thompson, Coleman's Avenue, Southend. Dr. Clapham said that when plaintiff blinked the left side of her cheek rose, and this condition might be permanent. The judge then called the girl to the Bench and asked her to blink at him. She did so several times, and his honour awarded damages of £70, remarlcing : "I suppose this young girl hopes to get a husband, although ;matrimony dofes not seem to be so popular as when I was yourfg. There is no doubt that disfigurement of this kind To a girl of her age is a very different thing from disfigurement to a woman of 50. There is no doubt this twitching,- which- is unsightly and unpleasant, is a result of the accident."
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Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 3, Issue 713, 13 December 1933, Page 5
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188A COURT TEST Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 3, Issue 713, 13 December 1933, Page 5
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