COLCLOUGH V. HORRIGAN.

Cromwell Argus, Volume III, Issue 124, 26 March 1872, Page 5

COLCLOUGH V. HORRIGAN.

To the Editor of the Cromwell Argus. Sir,— l desire the favour of a public reply to the character of your report Of the case, Colclough v. Horrigan, in last week’s paper. That it was written either in gross igftorance of the facts, or was a wilful perversion, of your reporter’s, T am not here to say ; but that the report is substantially incorrect, that it reads unfavourably to my reputation, and that the insults given to me by counsel are prominently introduced, arc facts which any persons in Court could substantiate. It is-, however, very pleasing to know that the Magistrate had a clearer pcrcepception of the case than your reporter : for most assuredly I would not have asked a verdict on a case bearing only those features which your reporter represents. The verdict is a complete answer to the scandalous assertion of defendant’s counsel, —that lily evidence was false ; and if such statements are made under the privileges of Court, it is manifestly unfair (because injurious to me) that they should be so prominently reported, while the opposing statements of my counsel are suppressed. I conclude by repeating that the report is most j partial in its character, and it is hot full, fair, or equitably condensed ; and I trust I shall not | again have to complain of such improper reporting.—l am, &c., Ciias. Colclough. March 23, 1572. [We assure Mr Colclough that nothing was further from our intention than an attempt to give a one-sided view of the case. Our reporter states that he called upon Mr Colclough with the report for his perusal before it was inserted, but not finding him at home, the report was handed iu for publication as it stood —though ; with regret. We think it unfortunate that the Magistrate did not state, in his judgment, that the remarks which Mr Colclough admits were. a - i--. -i-J i