"ALLUREMENT"?
DICTIONARY FOR JURY
A special jury,- considering their verdict at the Riding; at Leeds, sent a message to' Mr. Justice Swift, asking for a. dictionary. Turning to counsel, Mr. J. Willoughby Jardine, K.C.,ana-Mr. Arthur:Morley,; K.C., he said: "I am in , a little difficulty. I have never known a jury to ask for a dictionary before. I think it would be better to have'them back and. ask what they want to know. Lthink.it is the meaning, of 'nuisance,' " he said. Mr. Morley said, "I think it is the meaning of 'allurement.'",'■■•
■ When the jury filed in 'the foreman said the jury would like definitions of "allurement" and "nuisance." The Judge remarked to Mr. Morley, "We appear to be quits." • He gave a legal definition' of a "nuisance," said that there was no legal definition of "allurement," and the best he could do was to give -them an illustration. "If you put a piece of cheese on a little wire in a mousetrap that would .be an allurement for a mouse to enter," he said. . "Allurement is .■ something seductive—an attractive' invitation.?'
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Evening Post, Volume CXVII, Issue 49, 27 February 1934, Page 13
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180"ALLUREMENT"? Evening Post, Volume CXVII, Issue 49, 27 February 1934, Page 13
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