Re: do you know this book?

On 22 Apr, 10:05, John Hall <nospam_no...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> =A0rita.c...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> >In the 70s my partner's ex-father-in-law had a book of bridge stories/
> >anecdotes which he had hoped to be given when XFIL went to join the
> >great bridge game in the sky. Sadly it had disappeared.
>
> >One story from the 30s, at the height of bridge mania, was about a man
> >who found himself in court for shooting at his wife =A0at a bridge
> >competition. (Non fatally, I assume) =A0The judge who was also an avid
> >player, asked what cards they were holding at the time of the offence,
> >and what the bidding had been. =A0He was appalled at the wife's poor
> >bidding which he judged to have provoked her husband and he dismissed
> >the case. =A0I know, probably urban myth!
>
> No, it's quite true. It's known as the Bennett murder case.

Except it was Mr Bennett who was shot, and Mrs Bennett wasn't actually
acquitted because his play/bidding was so poor, but because it was
deemed to be accidental.