THE LAW OF LIBEL.
(to the editor op tub standard.) Sib, — I think, as a rule, the most venomous newspaper writers are the first to talk about prosecutions for libel. It is too much the custom to give a blackguarding, and then threaten the person assailed *iih libel if he retaliates. This is like a man hitting another a bib # behind his back, and then saying, "If you striKe me back I'll summon you." I consider this is anything but manly. I think reviving the old custom of duelling would alter these things. — I am, &c, Outsider.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume 3, Issue 62, 6 February 1883, Page 2
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97THE LAW OF LIBEL. Manawatu Standard, Volume 3, Issue 62, 6 February 1883, Page 2
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