DISASTROUS SPELLING MISTAKE

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXI, Issue 11, 29 August 1911, Page 8

DISASTROUS SPELLING MISTAKE

The spelling of the word “skinny” was an important factor in deciding a society Taw .suit at the Bristol Assizes. The plaintiff was a Miss Kathleen Gransmorc—since married to Lieutenant Thurston, li.N.—and the defendant, Miss Mary Norrington, a young lady 2T years old. It was alleged that tho defendant wrote a series of anonymous letters in a disguised hand to Lieutenant Thurston reflecting on Miss Gransmore’s honour, and designed to prevent her marriage to the lieutenant. In one of tho anonymous letters tho word “skinny” was spelt with one “n.” After emphatically denying all knowledge of the letters, Miss Norrington was asked in Court to write one of tho sentences appearing in the libel, and, having done so, it was found that she had spelt skinny with only one “n.” When asked to spell skinny she made the same mistake. Tho jury found for the plaintiff, awarding her £SOO damages.