LIBELLER OF THE KING.
UNITED STATES TO RE-OPEN CASE. By Telegraph—Press Copyright New: York, January«l3. The case of E. F. Msjins, who i\as last year convicted in London of libelling King George, sfill continues to attract attention hero. Mjliils, on his arrival a few weeks ago, was refused permission to > land, and ordered to bo deported a 9 an 'undesirable immigrant, Mr. James, editor of the "Liberator," the journal in which Mylius published j his libel on the King, alleging tliat his • Majesty, prior to his niarriago with Qneen Mary, had been married to an admiral's daughter at Malta,' has armed in New York. In a statement to the press, Mr. James said h6 was not an Anarchist, but a Republican. Ho had sent Mylius to tho United State, ns lio had been unablo to obtain employment in England. It was absurd to convict Mylius of a criminal libel, as tho King was above the law. . They might.have convicted him of treason or sedition The newspapers indicate that Mr. Nagel, Secretary for Commerce, will reopen tho whole case, this practically amounting to a re-trial.
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Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1648, 15 January 1913, Page 7
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184LIBELLER OF THE KING. Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1648, 15 January 1913, Page 7
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