The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-31
Cut in n Barber's Chair

We are familiar with the phrase, the privileged class. as applied to the English nobility and other titled folks in Great Britain, but titles in the motherland do not save man from ar rest and trial in police courts" said citizen who reads foreign as well as American papers.
 Tn my youth I used to hear so many knocks against the privileged class that I thought a titled person could commit almost any crime with impunity; but, of course, all well in- formed individuals know that lords fendants in court, and may be arrested on all sorts of frivolous charges.
 Within the past few years I have read of many arrests among the mo- bility for violation of the speed regu- lation laws. The British aristocracy has certain social privileges when it comes to the order of precedence at court receptions, but it seems that young politicians have rung the changes on the phrase. the privileged class in order to make the idea ter rible in the minds of the masses so as to array class against class. But there is nothing to it.
 These remarks were suggested by police court report which l read in a recent issue of the London Times. That particular police court was in the sub- division of London known as Abergele. Col. Sir David Bruce, royal artillery. appeared to answer charge of 'assaulting and beating Robert Meredith Roberts, barber's assistant. As the Times reporter gave a full and entertaining account of the trial l submit for reproduction as follows: Tn his evidence the complainant said that he accidentally cut the de- fendant with the razor, whereupon Sir David said, What have you done now?' He replied that he had cut him, and was sorry, whereupon the defendant replied, Sorry be -" and then struck him. In cross examination the complainant admitted that he cut the defendant while looking at another submit 1t for reproduction as follows:
 "'For the defense, Sir David Bruce said that after the boy had rubbed | him and scrubbed him for about Ia minutes, making his face very sore | the witness asked whether he intended to shave him. The lad replied that he did, whereupon the witness said, 'Don't you think you had better begin, or in a short time there will be none of my skin left?" naughter.) He had been shaved in all parts of the world by all sorts of men from Mullahs to Zulus but he never had such an experience as he had in Abergele. .uaughter). Rob. | erts shaved him with a rusty razoi | that was stropped twice during tho operation; then the complainant turned round to look at another customer and l he felt a sharp cut on the cheek. Ht jumped off the chair, being unable tc stand the martyrdom any longer. Int complainant seemed to be accustomed | to that kind of thing as he closed his razor and said, T didn't intend to cul you. I was looking at the other man. He was enraged, and just slapped tn, complainant on the side of the face saying, Take that you silly young scoundrel" He washed his face, threw | ' the complainant deserved what he re ceived, and that it was the best thing that could happen to him, as 1t would be a lesson and do him great deal O. good. Laughter).
 1 .Mr. J. Lloyd (for the complain ant)-Do you know that the residents of Abergele go through this exceed l ingly painful operation which yo, have described each day of the year
 "'The Defendant-What, does th
 boy cut them every day in the week | OLaughter).
 Sir Ronald Ross. professor of tropi ca. medicine in the University of Liver | pool, said he examined the cut on tn defendants face which could only hay
 been done by carelessness He con sidered it the most natural thing fo the defendant to have done to slap tn boy
 "'The bench fined the defendan 2s 6d and fl costs.'"
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