With best wishes from

J. Bromley Eames.

A DIGEST

OF THE LAW OF

LIBEL AND SLANDER,

&c.

FOURTH EDITION.

1905.

OF THE LAW OF

LIBEL AND SLANDER,

AND OF

ACTIONS ON THE CASE FOR WORDS
CAUSING DAMAGE,

WITH THE EVIDENCE, PROCEDURE, PRACTICE,
AND PRECEDENTS OF PLEADINGS, BOTH IN
CIVIL AND CRIMINAL CASES.

BY

W. BLAKE ODGERS, M.A., LL.D., K.C.,

BENCHER OF THE MIDDLE TEMPLE, RECORDER OF PLYMOUTH,

AUTHOR OF PRINCIPLES OF PROCEDURE, PLEADING AND PRACTICE,"

"LOCAL GOVERNMENT," ETC.

FOURTH EDITION,

BY

THE AUTHOR

AND

J. BROMLEY EAMES, M.A., B.C.L.,

OF THE MIDDLE TEMPLE AND THE WESTERN CIRCUIT, BARRISTER-AT-LAW.

"DEAD SCANDALS FORM GOOD SUBJECTS FOR DISSECTION."-BYRON.

LONDON:

STEVENS AND SONS, LIMITED,
119 & 120, CHANCERY LANE,

Law Publishers.

1905.

L 9885
OCT 31 1934

BRADBURY, AGNEW & CO. LD., PRINTERS,
LONDON AND TONBRIDGE,

MATZ