The Man with the Mangled Hand

Professor John Willis was fond of asking his students, "What really happened?" His thesis was that the law reports often concealed more than they revealed about the facts that shaped the outcome in many of the most important developments in the common law. This was never more apparent than in the case involving the man with the mangled hand. Published in The Advocates' Journal (33 Adv J No. 3, 33 - 38).