CHORUS GIRL'S CLAIM.
DAMAGES FOR DOG'S BITE. LONDON, March 20. "The jury can see my leg, if they wish," remarked Dorothy Youldon (18) in Brighton County Court, and the jury accordingly did. Youldon" was awarded £C 7 15/ damages and costs from Malcolm Scott, a comedian, formerly on the Tivoli circuit in Australia, and a brother of the late Admiral Sir Percy Scott, for a bite from Scott's dog. Youldon said the dog bit her leg .vhile performing in the pantomime, "Babes in the Wood," in which Scott, Youldon, and the dog appeared in January. It also J bit two other girls, but Scott allowed ■ the dog to continue to appear. ; As chorus girls appear on the stage , nowadays with bare legs, Youldon contended the scars would handicap her in ! obtaining employment. She indignantly denied the suggestion ! that she had not tried to get work. Scott's counsel cynically observed: • "Your le"s are bandaged now, but for ' how Ion" will the bandage remain after the jury has given its verdict i
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Auckland Star, Volume LVI, Issue 84, 9 April 1925, Page 5
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