LIBEL ACTION
BY LADY MOUNTBATTEN. AGAINST SOCIETY JOURNAL. LONDON, July 8. •A. jibef act'onSfought by Lady Louis Mountbatten ' against the newspaper, “The Peoole,” has been settled on the basis of the defendants apologising and paying tlie plaintiff’s costs. The 'Cnief Justice impounded a copy of the publication, remf els were criminals ' /•■Mr Noifrian/;Birkett,‘ for plaintiff, pointed’out ihat'Lord Mountbatten was ordered, /.with hi® ship to Malta in August (if 1931. His wife, naturally, had,' decided to accompany him, taking theif-two children., thereby occasioning ’atjocious mnd\ abominable rumours. He said: “It is. a matter of acute difficulty to ascertain the actual author or ’sbtiree/.but if 1 the author or repeater is dikcoye-r ecR; no mercy wil 1 be shown. ’ ’ •-/ The article, quoted by Mr,Birk a tt re-, ■fared to the association of a leading •ms/n.,in,,icqns9quep.ee .bfpvbicfit she had ;!liee'P~given l a>kint in high quarters to leave England.”
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Hokitika Guardian, 12 July 1932, Page 3
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145LIBEL ACTION Hokitika Guardian, 12 July 1932, Page 3
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