How to Pronounce Mervyn Griffith-Jones
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Jul 01, 1909 London Died on 13 Jul 1979 (aged 70)
British judge
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About Mervyn Griffith Jones
- John Mervyn Guthrie Griffith-Jones (1 July 1909 – 13 July 1979) 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.
