Western Police Court. magistrate, speaking at the summer school of the British Social Hygiene Council at Friends' House, Euston Road, London, described it as "an outrage" that the Press was free not only to be present to report proceedings in the matrimonial court but to follow up the hearing' with an interview with the couple.
He mentioned one case in which extracts had been published from a private diary kept by a husband about his wife. "Every responsible element in journalism denounces this sort of thing," said Mr. Mullins. "but it will only be stopped by legislation.
Mr. Mullins said that at his court he set aside a special afternoon once a week for matrimonial cages, which were heard in a small informal court, One. of his reasons for doing this was that there was no room for any prying people who wanted to hear all about the matrimonial troubles of their neighbours, so that they could tell them all over again to all the people living in their street With the paying client, investigation always preceded litigation, ana many people who went into their solicitor's office intending to get a divorce ended by taking no further steps. But there was a large majority who had not the means to pay a solicitor to give his time to investigate their matrimonial problems.
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