A GROSS LIBEL
EXHIBITED IN A CHAMBER OF
HORRORS
ECHO OF A POISONING CASE.
(VNITBS PRIS« ASSOCIATION.—COHKIGHT.)
(AUSTRALIAN • NEW ZEALAND CABLE ASSOCIATION.)
(Received March 8, 9 a.m.)
LONDON, 7th March.
At the Cardiff Assizes, Harold Greenwood, solicitor of Kidwelly, who was acquitted on a charge of poisoning his wife eighteen months ago, brought an action against the proprietors of a waxworks in Cardiff. Greenwood's counsel stated that damages were being sought for a very gross libel. Defendant had exhibited Greenwood's effigy in the chamber of horrors. The effigy had been placed close to that of Charles Peace. On one side was a woman who had been hanged for a cruel murder, and on the other side was that of M'Sweeney, the Lord Mayor of Cork.
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Evening Post, Volume CIII, Issue 56, 8 March 1922, Page 7
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125A GROSS LIBEL Evening Post, Volume CIII, Issue 56, 8 March 1922, Page 7
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