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Mervyn Griffith-Jones

British judge (1909-1979)

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About Mervyn Griffith-Jones

John Mervyn Guthrie Griffith-Jones was a British judge and former barrister. He led the prosecution of Penguin Books in the obscenity trial in 1960 following the publication of D. H. Lawrence's Lady Chatterley's Lover. His much quoted remark in his opening statement as to whether the novel was something "you would even wish your wife or servants to read" is often cited as representing the extent to which the British establishment had fallen out of touch with popular opinion at the time. He failed to convince the jury at the Chatterley trial, and the publishers were acquitted.

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Occupation: judge, painter, barrister

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United Kingdom

Born

July 1, 1909, 1909

Died

July 13, 1979, 1979

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Joan Clare Baker John Stanley Griffith-Jones Eveline L. Yarrow

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