FACTORY ACCIDENT CASE
The hearing of evidence was continued in the Supreme Court today in the case in which Douglas Arthur William Brewer, a letterpress machinist apprentice, is claiming from the Empire Printing and Box Manufacturing Co., Ltd., £1266 19s 6d damages, his claim arising from an accident with a platen-cutting machine which occurred in the company's factory last August. Brewer lost the thumb and a finger of his left hand. Each side alleges negligence against the other. The Chief Justice (Sir Michael Myers) is presiding and there is a jury of twelve. Mr. O. C. Mazengarb and iMr. W. E. Leicester appear for the plaintiff, and! Mr. W. Perry and" Mr. R. E. Pope for the defendant company.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXVIII, Issue 21, 25 July 1939, Page 11
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119FACTORY ACCIDENT CASE Evening Post, Volume CXXVIII, Issue 21, 25 July 1939, Page 11
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