BOTTOMLEY’S COME-BACK
CHEERS AT FIRST PUBLIC LECTURE By Cable.—Press Association.- — Copyright. Reed. 12.40 p.m. LONDON, Tuesday. Horatio Bottomley’s first public lecture since his release from prison attracted thousands to the Queen's Hall. Prolonged cheers greeted his reading of a letter from the foreman of the jury at his trial. "The cruel sentence came as a great surprise to me and to others on the jury. We did not expect anything like it. In our opinion, you had no intention of defrauding anyone.” Bottomley, continuing, said that so much did people believe that he was done for that they began “kicking the carcase about like a football, and covering it with dirt.” As a result, he said, there was consternation in many offices, which were being bombarded with libel writs..
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Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 173, 12 October 1927, Page 11
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