A Libel Suit.

Manawatu Herald, 15 April 1897, Page 3

A Libel Suit.

« An action of a sensational character was brought in the Queen's Bench Division of the English High Court of Justice and was tried before Baron Pollock and a jury. The plaintiff, a Mrs Graham, claimed £10.000 damages against the Tudor Publishing Company, Limited, and Mr T. P. O'Connor, M.P., for libel in articles which had appeared in the Sun, imputing that Mrs Graham, in ooDJunction with Dr Ady, carried on an illegal and criminal practice in connection with, the confineme nt of women. Mrs Graham and Dr Ady lived in the same house. Mrs Graham advertised for lying-in patients and there was a notice outside the house of a self-support-ing dispensary, and Dr Ady's name appeared as a doctor for the diseases of women. Dr Ady formerly practiced in Rangoon, where his name was removed from the list of the British Medical Association there. A servant who had once been in Mrs Graham's service in Clapham Road, London, gave evidence for the defence. She said she joined the family in May, 1894. Her evidence was of a shocking character. She said Mrs Graham showed her the bodies oi children preserved in spirits. Mrs Graham and Dr Andy used to go out together', and about Christmas, 1894, witness and Mrs Graham went to Willesden to see a Mrs Davies, carrying a black bag, supplied, she thought, by Dr Andy. Mrs Graham went upstairs at the house, and brought down something covered with a rug. It was a child, who died afterwards at Clapham Road, and which was buried by the undertaker who had buried one of Mrs Graham's children previously. A visit to Redhill, where occurrences that can only be referred to took place, according to the witness' story, was also described. The witness added a sories of details regarding other cases said to have been attended by Mrs Graham, or by Dr Andy and Mrs Graham, that shocked and astonished all in Court. Mrs Graham, during this witness' cross-examination, fell down in a fit and then gave vent to hysterical cries. The jury intimated that they had heard enough of the else, and averdict wa» subteqirafftfy returned for the defendant*.

Just as w» are going to press the rain is coming down hard, bidding fair to have the usual Easter weather. The Blake-McCarthy case is hung up, waiting until the Judge has considered the verdict of the jury, Blakes solicitor claiming the verdict having heen in his favour. The Cabinet has decided that the law must take its course in the case of Stephen Bosher, convicted of the Petone murders, and he mil most probably be hanged on Wednesday next at the Terrace Gaol, Wellington.