IRISH POLITICIANS.
THE DISRUPTION IN Tlli3 HANKS. THE WASIIIXti-UP PROCESS. AIR. IV. O'IJHIENS LIBEL CLAIMS. YEIiLMCT AGAINST "rUE UMAX'S JOURNAL." ''CONTEMPTUOUS DAMAGES." deceived March 17, 4.18 i in. London, March 10. Mr. William O'lirien, Indejiendcnt member for Cork Cily in I hi: House of Commons, sued "Freeman's Journal" nt v Ihe Limerick Assfc." for .tiVj'l damages for libel eonlnined in six piibiisiicd slatenienls alleging, inter alia Hint M.\ O'Brien had conspired with Lord Dun- \ raven, the Right llou. C. Wyndh.:: ■:, Chief Secretary for lerlaud in the Lie. Administration, and Sir Antony MacDonucll to destroy the Irish parly and create a moderate Unionist Centre Parly, i.ud null or surrender 18 Nationalist seals.
Mr. Justice Johnson, in chaining thejury, incidentally remarked that the unmasked conspirator in the ease appeared to be Mr. John Dillon. The jury found that the (ilcmoe letter, and certain speeches by Dillon n.ii Mr. J. Redmond were libels, end various comments were unfair and published in ' Mr. Justice Johnson directed that the damages must not I e contemptuous. 'The jury awarded a fartum? on each of six libels. I. Plaintiff's counsel moves to set the verdict aside.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume L, Issue 59, 18 March 1907, Page 2
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189IRISH POLITICIANS. Taranaki Daily News, Volume L, Issue 59, 18 March 1907, Page 2
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