The Express.
London, England, 1864-06-17 00:00:00

COURT OF COMMON PLICAS.-Juxi 16.

Sittings at Nun Pries in Iliddlssex—(l3ofors 31r. Justice
Byles sod • Spatial Jury.)
lIILLESGIEN V. JOHNSTONE AND •NOTHZIA-LIBEL.

The plaratiff in ll:imams brought two actions—one against
the Storming Herald, ►nd the other against the Evening
Slanaard, to recover damages torso alleged libel which had
been published is ens paper, and copied lot* the other.
Both actions were by arrangement tried together. The
°sly plea was not guilty.
Mr. Hawkins, Q.C., and Mr. Aston appeared for the
plaintiff ; Mr. 11. Chambers, Q.C., and Mr. Barnard for the
defendants.

The plaintiff, Miss Kate Milliegen,lwas • young woman
about 21 years of age, the daughter of an umbrella maker
in Fore-street ; and in February, 1863, she opened atium-
brella shop at 151, Chespside. In the same house were
the Central News Rooms, and is March last it wee discovered
that some persons Lad rased • circular-for the purpose of
entrapping young women, sad aaawers were to be sent to
151, Onwards. Some proceedings took pleas io reforest*
to this matter in the Guildhall Police-court, and the article
in question was founded upon the report of them proceed-
ings. In the course of it the writer asked " Who is the
scoundrel who uses this address for his crime? Is there
more thee one? Who and what are they? Who employs
them? Who permite the use of the address in such • defi-
ance of good fame and public opinion r sad afterwards
added, " We turn to the London Directory and endeavour
to see who is recorded there as living or having • place of
banana at 151, Cheapside, and here is our cprotatiori
` 151, Millingen, Miss Kate, umbrella maker ; 151, Central
News Rooms, William Francis Wellbeloved, reariager.'
Now, after the horrible imputations under which ' No.
151, Cheapeide' has lain for the last fortnight,
it seems to on that Miss Milliogsa or Mr. Well-
beloved, if they be aright but umbrae umbrarurn,
ought as honest people to *mist in removing the oppro-
brium which attaches to their piece of business." Another
paesage was, "The landlord, ground landlord, tenants and
commonalty far and war of this well known thoroughfare,
should take this matter up and briog the dastardly wretches
into full view and public contempt, if nothing more deterreut
is possible. In the elder days of the liberties of this great
city such a flagrant 'nodal would never have remained
without fitting remedy. These creatures existed then am
sow, but the law laid hold of them wh 't coats, and
we read in the Liter Altus that a man or woman proved to
have acted as procurer or procuring was taken to the
• theirs '—a variety of the common pillory--aocompaaied
by music with a 'dysted with towee '—a distaff deemed
with flax in his or her baud, and there the offender had to
remain at the discretion of the mayor and aldermen," The
snide was published on the 24th March last, and no the
29th the solicitor for Mr. Millings° wrote threaten=
acting, and saying that the injury was such that no .
mould remove it, sad on the Ship the defendants
published a notice of this feet, sad said, " As an aim wee
to elicit the truth before the public in this
and ea we carefully avoided say imputation against reef*
the occupants, we regret to learn that ow remarks have
cowed anuoyaaos," and added that they disclaimed attri-
bating any Muse to the plaintiff. They observed that they
would gladly have afforded space to Miss Milligan, if she
cleared it, to corroborate that statement which lad already
been made by Mr. Wallbeleved. Os the 2nd April, there
woo soother paragraph ia that paper which said, •• We have
seseleert wather esmmwaisaYsa to the Whet that ow es-