JUDGMENT ON BEAUTY
GIRL DETECTIVE’S CASE. Miss Barbara O’Rourke, who is a detective in a London store, told Mr Justice Swift and a. special juily in the King’s Bench Division during an action for 'damages for false imprisonment that she had been described by a newspaper interviewer as a “beautiful 20-year-old.” Mr Justice Swift looked at the girl. “Never mind,” he said, “the interviewer seems to have had a keen eye.” Mr Neville Laski, K.C., who was appearing in the case: I accept your judgment on that point, my lord. Mr Justice Swift turned to the girl, “here are some things so obvious that they do not require judgment.” he remarked. Mr Justice Swift asked Mr Laski whether he had even been interviewed, and Mr Laski replied: “I have seen interviews with myself in the United States which have not taken place.” Miss O’Rourke said that she had had 2i years’ experience in detecting pilfeping. Of about 240 cases which she had “detected” there had been about three acquitals, Mr Neville Laski: How do you know which people to watch? Miss Ohlourke: You can tell by the
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Te Awamutu Courier, Volume 54, Issue 3895, 28 April 1937, Page 4
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187JUDGMENT ON BEAUTY Te Awamutu Courier, Volume 54, Issue 3895, 28 April 1937, Page 4
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