A PRISONER'S EYES.
PICTURE !N NEWSPAPER.
COURT PROCEEDINGS FOLLOW
LONDON, Feb. 7. In the Armstrong murder case tho Court gianted a rule nisi calling upon the Daily Express to shgw cause why it should not be adjudged guilty of contempt of Court for publishing a photograph of tho defendant, with a picture of his eyes as an inset. Counsel said that the picture conveyed a sonse of guilt or madness. 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 of a wholly broken man or a lunatic.
Herbert Armstrong, a magistrate's clerk, was arrested and charged with having attempted to administer oxsenic to Oswald Martin, a solicitor, and a neighbour. In the course of tho trial the body of Armstrong's wife was exhumed, and an examination showed traces of arsenic. Armstrong was then charged with the murder of nis wife.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LIX, Issue 18017, 16 February 1922, Page 7
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168A PRISONER'S EYES. New Zealand Herald, Volume LIX, Issue 18017, 16 February 1922, Page 7
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