TRIAL IN CIVIL CASES-continued reports of, 291-307 comments on, 198-200, 302, 499-528 time of giving evidence to rebut justification, 636 proceedings after, 652-658 in County Court, 659-662 TRIAL IN CRIMINAL CASES, pleading to the indictment, 671 certiorari, 673 evidence for the prosecution, 675—677 evidence for the defence, 678-680 summing-up and verdict, 680 proceedings after verdict, 681 sentence, 684 costs, 686 of criminal information, 691 "TRUCKMASTER," 19, 115, 121 TRUSTEES, words concerning, 25, 542, 543 may all join in one action, 25, 542 may take criminal proceedings, 542 of trade union may be sued for libel in trade union newspaper, 163, TRUSTEES OF BRITISH MUSEUM, liability of, 161, 542 TRUTH, as a justification in civil proceedings, 173-183 why a defence, 183 as a justification in criminal proceedings, 183, 443—445, 777 no defence unless publication was for public benefit, 183, 444, 679, 777 U. UNCHASTITY, Slander of Women Act, 1891, 67 charge of, against a woman actionable in some cases before Slander of Women Act, 44, 62, 63 unsatisfactory state of law as to, formerly, 67, 68 charge of, against a woman or girl, actionable, 2, 19, 67-69 against a man, when actionable, 44, 57, 61, 66, 67, 70 UNCONSCIOUS PUBLICATION OF A LIBEL, 100, 159–161, 439— 441, 718-720, 730, 738 UNDERGRADUATE, must be sued in University Court, 565 of defendant's character from attacks, privileged, 274-277, 726 when allowed, 350, 351 "VISIBLE" MEANS, meaning of, under s. 66 of County Courts Act, 1888...576 VOCALISTS, libel on, 27, 702 VOLENTI NON FIT INJURIA, 172, 278 VOLUNTARY affidavit, not a judicial proceeding, 230 characters of servants given when not asked for, 238, 254-257, 338-340 VOLUNTEERING INFORMATION in discharge of duty, 244-247, 725 not evidence of malice where duty clear, 323, 340, 341 caution given to a tradesman, 248 communication to, of words defamatory of husband, 152 communications between husband and wife, "held sacred," 152, 245 privileged, 284 charge against, communication of, to husband, 152 and husband, communications between, 152 presence of, will not destroy privilege, 284, 337 words defamatory of, claim for, 148, 710 of defendant may give evidence, 678, 793 WILFUL BLINDNESS, evidence of malice, 331 "WILFUL IMPOSTURE," not fair criticism, 204 WILL, charge of secreting, formerly not actionable, 45 "WITCH," 44 WITHDRAWING A JUROR, 647 WITNESS, cannot be asked how he understood the language published, 120, 633 privilege of, 216, 227, 228, 231 defendant as a, 627, 666, 678, 793 proof of previous conviction of, 642, 643 threatening, is a contempt, 498, 507 WOMEN, traders, imputations on, 32, 67, 100, 101, 532 verbal imputations on chastity of, 37, 63, 67–69, 357, 389, 390 Slander of, Act, 67-69, 794 WORDS, action on the case for, 14, 72, 73-103 actionable, per se, 37-72, 347, 353 imputing crime, must be precise, 132–141 WORDS-continued. imputing offence punishable by penalty or fine only, not actionable meaning of, how affected by circumstances, 108, 116-119 question for the jury, 106, 108, 109, 236, 306 general terms of abuse, not actionable, 45, 46, 55, 59, 67, 118, 119 obviously defamatory, 114-116 prima facie defamatory, 116-119 incapable of a defamatory meaning, 128, 129 adjective, 140 ambiguous, 116-119 disparaging some thing, 32, 148, 149 impugning plaintiff's title, 75 ironical, 18, 22, 128 jesting, 6, 116, 119, 720 neutral, 114, 119-122 prima facie innocent, 114, 123-128 clearly innocent, 114, 128, 129 not in their nature defamatory, 69-72, 128, 129 of a cant or slang character, 108, 120, 633 indirect imputations, 132, 133, 138 of suspicion, 41, 113 of interrogation, 139, 140, 580, 581 in foreign language, 108, 119, 120, 580, 633 application of, to the plaintiff must be shown, 141-148, 634 must be taken in their natural sense, 107, 108 affecting a class, when actionable, 141-145, 427, 434 WORDS CAUSING SPECIAL DAMAGE, words defamatory of a person, but actionable only by reason of special words not defamatory of any person, but causing special damage, Islander of title, 75-84 words disparaging goods, 84 threats of legal proceedings, 90 threats by a patentee, 93 WORKMEN, action for threatening, 14 WORKS OF ART, criticisms on, 202–204 WRIT considerations before, 556-558 endorsement on, is privileged, 221, 228 WRIT OF ERROR, 675, 683 WRIT OF INQUIRY, 572 573 under-sheriff has power over costs, 423, 572, 573 BRADBURY, AGNEW, & Co. LD., PRINTERS, LONDON AND TONBRIDGE. |