SENSATIONAL LIBEL CASE.
OVER OBITUARY NOTICE. By Telegraph.—Tress Asan —Copyrlgiu. London, Nov. 24. Lord Alfred Douglas is suing the Evening News for libel in connection with, an obituary notice after his death was untruly reported. The newspaper’s notice said a brilliant and unhappy career was ended, and that there were marked signs of degeneracy in the house of Douglas, many members of which were eccentric. Mr. Cornyns Carr, Lord Alfred Douglas’ counsel, refused to put plaintiff in the box, saying old matters would be raked up. The defence then read an extraordinary series of letters between Oscar Wilde and Lord Alfred Douglas, most of which have been published already in the course of earlier Douglas lawsuits. Lord Alfred constantly interrupted, and finally Mr. Cornyns Carr asked permission to put Lord Alfred Douglas in the box. The judge permitted him to give evidence, and he stated he was now ashamed of the letters which he had written, as they were disgraceful. —Aus.N.Z. Cable Assn.
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Taranaki Daily News, 28 November 1921, Page 5
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163SENSATIONAL LIBEL CASE. Taranaki Daily News, 28 November 1921, Page 5
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