The Archive · 1939

That Hat?"

Woman's Cartwheel Design rs are. ed with the n and up-to-date technical -Holds.Up Court A woman's black, cart wheel brim-ined hat, which hid her face as she gave evidence, was commented on by Mr- Registrar Friend at Clerkenwell County Court, E.C., recently.

The registrar said: "This won't do, you know. I have not only got to hear your evidence, I have also got to see your face and study your demeanour as you give it. But your hat keeps all view of your face from me,"

The woman, Miss Majories Moseley, manageress of a public house in Liverpool-road, London, N., smiled apologetically.

Then the solicitor examining her suggested "Listen to my questions, but keep your eyes on the registrar."

"That solved the problem, and the

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