QUEEN V. REED AND BRETT.
Mr. Jlees' address for the defence occupied three hours. He entered mainly into the evils of specimen stealing, and the ruin it had brought upon the community and individuals, the strong surrounding circumstances under which articles wero written, the injustice of any action that would condemn defendants as criminals merely for the publication of conscientious strictures, and the difficulty of re-acting upon administrators of justice except thremgh the Press. His Honor summed up briefly, but strongly against the defendants, and said he could net direct them, as a point of law, that the article was not libellous.
The jury retired shortly after four o'clock.'
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Thames Star, Volume VI, Issue 1810, 21 October 1874, Page 2
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109QUEEN V. REED AND BRETT. Thames Star, Volume VI, Issue 1810, 21 October 1874, Page 2
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