West End Scandal
PAEKES IMPRISONED. ' | By Electric Telegraph. — Copyright LFSB UNITED PBBSS ASSOCIATION. I London, January 15. Eußton denies . everything^, and adheres to his statement before the magistrate that he went to the house under the impression that he was going to see an exhibition of poses plastique. IA the libel case against Parkes, the witness for the defence swore that Lord Euston frequented the house in which the offences are alleged to have been committed. The Judge sums up tomorrow. January 18. Parkes, the editor of the North London Press, charged with criminal libel for connecting Lord Euston with, the West End scandals, has been sentenced to twelve months' imprisonment. The witnesses failed to identify Lord Euston as an habitue'" "of the house in which the alleged offences were committed. January .17. The Judge's summing up in the libel action against Mr Parkes was adverse to the defendant. Hi? Honor characterised it as an atrocious libel Mr Parkes alleged that the witnesses on whom he relied betrayed him.
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Feilding Star, Volume XI, Issue 88, 18 January 1890, Page 2
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