On this day in south west Hertfordshire
When a judgment creditor failed to appear at Watford County Court on Monday, Judge Crawford turned to the debtor and advised: “You had better go away as quickly as you can, or they may turn up.” The man almost ran from the Court.
[From the Watford Observer of May 19, 1934]
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