The Right Hon. the Earl of Erne, Plaintiff; John Grey Vesey Porter, Esq., Defendant: Report of the Trial of an Action for Libel, Had, in this Cause, Before the Lord Chief Justice and a Special Jury, on the 12th and 14th February, 1859Goodwin, Son, and Nethercott, 1859 - 115 pages |
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Act of Parliament affairs alleged libel Armstrong ARMSTRONG-I Attorney believe branch lines character of Lord charged Lord Erne CHIEF JUSTICE CHIEF JUSTICE-I client conduct corruption counsel County Fermanagh Court Daily Express defamatory sense Deputy Lieutenant Director and Chairman discussion dispense with truth Dundalk and Enniskillen dupe duty EARL OF ERNE Enniskillen Railway Company error expression fair false statements falsehood feeling fraudulent Trustees gentlemen Grey Vesey Porter honor House of Lords improper means improper patronage improper political influence imputation innuendo insinuation intent interests JOHN CRICHTON John Grey Vesey Jury language Lawson learned friends liable Lisbellaw Lisnaskea Lord Erne's Lordship main line maliciously printed meaning the Plaintiff meant ment mistakes motives never noble Earl noble Lord object opinion pamphlet paragraph passage complained perjury person plain public company purpose question ridicule scandalous shareholders shares slander swear tell thing tion verdict witness words
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Page 10 - Whosoever, being a director, manager, or public officer of any body corporate or public company shall make, circulate, or publish, or concur in making, circulating, or publishing, any written statement or account which he shall know to be false in any material particular...
Page 10 - ... publish, or concur in making, circulating, or publishing any written statement or account which he shall know to be false in any material particular with intent to deceive or defraud any member, shareholder, or creditor of such body corporate or public company, or with intent to induce any person to become a shareholder or partner therein, or to intrust or advance any property to such body corporate or public company, or to enter into any security for the benefit thereof, shall be guilty of a...
Page 68 - Carr is the avowed author; and one writer in exposing the follies and errors of another may make use of ridicule however poignant. Ridicule is often the fittest weapon that can be employed for such a purpose. If the reputation or pecuniary interests of the person ridiculed suffer, it is damnum absque injuria.
Page v - ... contriving, and wickedly and maliciously intending, to injure the plaintiff in his good name...
Page 68 - ... one writer in exposing the follies and errors of another may make use of ridicule however poignant. Ridicule is often the fittest weapon that can be employed for such a purpose. If the reputation or pecuniary interests of the person ridiculed suffer, it is damnum absque injuria. Where is the liberty of the press if an action can be maintained on such principles? Perhaps the plaintiff's "Tour through Scotland...
Page 68 - Reflection upon personal character is another thing. Show me an attack upon the moral character of the plaintiff, or any attack upon his character unconnected with his authorship, and I should be as ready as any judge who ever sat here to protect him. But, I cannot hear of malice on account of turning his works into ridicule.
Page xiv - Pamphlet, the said Defendant falsely and maliciously printed and published of the Plaintiff, and of the Plaintiff as such. Director and Chairman of said Company as aforesaid, the false, scandalous, malicious, and defamatory words following, that is to say,
Page vi - And that in another part of said pamphlet the said Defendant falsely and maliciously printed and published of the Plaintiff, and of...
Page 24 - The defendant then asked the court to direct the jury to find a verdict for the defendant, on the...
Page 110 - A writ of error was brought in the House of Lords, and came on upon Thursday 26th January, 1758. The counsel agreed, and were allowed, to argue the last point for the judgment of the house ; first, because if their lordships should be of the same opinion with the Court of King's Bench, " that this ejectment was barred by the Statute of Limitations...