A PRISONER’S EYES.
PICTURE IN NEWSPAPER
London, February
In the Armstrong murder case ; he Court granted a rule nisi calling upon the Daily Express to show cause why it should not be adjudged guilty of contempt ol‘ Court for publishing a photograph of the defendant, witli a picture of his eyes as an inset.
Counsel said that the picture conveyed a sense of guilt or madneso. It was abominable to go into Court, and sketch something which would create an impression that Armstrong was terrified or mad.
The Judge: The eyes look to me like two marbles.
Counsel :They look like the eyes oi a wholly broken man or a lunatic. Herbert Armstrong, a magistrate's clerk, was arrested and charged with having attempted to administer arsenic to OsAvald Martin, a solicitor, and a neighbour. In the course oi jjhe trial the body of Armstrong’s wile was exhumed, and an examination shOAved traces of arsenic. Armstrong Avas then charged with 'he murder of his wife.
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Shannon News, 24 February 1922, Page 2
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164A PRISONER’S EYES. Shannon News, 24 February 1922, Page 2
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