POLICEMAN’S GOOD LOOKS

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 79, Issue 199, 26 August 1935, Page 11

POLICEMAN’S GOOD LOOKS

I I' ton the valuer of a man’s good looks Mr. Justice Branson decided aa I interesting action at the Wiltshire As- ! sizes. He awarded £350 damages to I Police Constable Maurice O’Donnell, of ! tho Wiltshire Constabulary, against H. I it. Reynolds, water hauler, of Yatton, I Bristol, for injuries received by a lorry. Police Constable OWonnell claimed, among other things, that as a result uf the accident his jaw had sunk, that his nose had been placed on one side land that consequently he was permanently disfigured. Asked by Mr. Herne a: Co lins, his counsel, how hi:’ disfigurement affected him, O’Donnell replied: “ I think quite a lot of my face. Tt is the only thing which shows to the world, and I believe people are apt to underestimate me through my disfigurement. ’ ’ Mr. Justice Branson’s comment in giving judgment was, “Whereas, at the moment, he scorns very upset at the disfigurement he has suffered, it is my experience that although this disfigurement makes a man feel very conscious at first, he becomes u.*ed to it and takes no more notice of it than I his friends. “As for saying it affects his personality, after ail personality in a man does net rest in his face. If ho had been a film star different consideration! would have into ilu- question.’’