DISPROOF OF MALICE
USE OF PICTURESQUE LANGUAGE.
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(AUSTRALIAN-NEW ZEALAND CABLE. ASSOCIATION.) LONDON, 3th April.' A case was mentioned in the King's Bench Division, in which Sir John Dew-ranee ._ is charging Edwin Dawson with criminal libel arising out of a pamphlet concerning the Kent; Colliery Company, of which complainant is managing 'director. The charge is based qn alleged statements that Sir John Dew ranee was guilty of misrepresentation and callousness to. shareholders that he also was a "scurvy villain," al ,d a "pestilential liar." Counsel for the* de fence mentioned a desire to delve into •three pantechnicons of documents to furbish up o. defence of justification, ihe Lord Chief Justice said there was no question about the troth of the matUr complamed of. Though, the defendant believed he was speaking the truth tne defence was attempting to brin* an nyarwholmmj} mass of documents to disprove malice.
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Evening Post, Volume CVII, Issue 86, 10 April 1924, Page 5
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149DISPROOF OF MALICE Evening Post, Volume CVII, Issue 86, 10 April 1924, Page 5
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