LADY BARRISTER
DEFENDS MURDER CHARGE LONDON. l'Y.h. 1.4. Legal history was made Ja.st weak at Old IJailey alien a woman hnilister led I In; defence of a man charged will) murder. Tin* woman was Miss Vend in Siepheiisnn, who has on several occasions defended lesser' nniiunls. Iml it is the lirM- time that she, or any other woman harrister, has led the deie.nee tc» a capitai charge. Though her client was eoiiviefed, slu* won the praise til the judge, both on aceounl ol her legal knowledge and her forensic skill. But I hough the women already mem. bars of tin* professions arc continuing to win recognition for their sex, it is a curious fact that the number <;t female students has declined »*onsidcrably dur in;j 1110 Inst few years. So lew new medical .students are coming forward that several of the London hospitals have recently closed their classes to them o-n the ground that their numbers do no, justify ihe ineonvemence caused h\ having to hold mixed classes. This has, indeed, led to protests, hut with sot. equality the right to change one’s mind ceases to he a feminine prerogative.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LV, Issue 16908, 23 March 1929, Page 3
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