General Booth.
The verdict entered against General Booth for not keeoing the covenants which he entered in'O with the lessors of the Grecian Theatre m^ans, the papers say, a loss of £^0.000 to the Army. An English correspondent says that when in the witness box, Air Booth quibblpd find equivocated in a most astonieliitiy manner, bringing down upon himself at last a stern reprimand from the judge, who expressed f-xtrPini' surprise th;f. ti Christian minister in the defendant's po-ition should have felt it right to deliberutelv evade rfspoiisibilifii** voluntarily en'ered into. " The sophistries put forward by Mr Booth to justify his strange conduct, were" (the learned judge went on) "if any thing, rather an aggravation of the of the breach of contract. Entering into an agreement with a man hoi. sing the defendant's peculiar position, the plaintiffs had a right to expect fair and honest treatment. This, he
much regretted to say, they did not seem to have experienced,"
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Feilding Star, Volume IV, Issue 38, 1 September 1883, Page 3
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159General Booth. Feilding Star, Volume IV, Issue 38, 1 September 1883, Page 3
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