The Express.
London, England, 1865-01-30 00:00:00

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CSOBLAND ►. WOODZIAD.

The plaintiff is this case was Mr. Croaked, a MOO-
filature,. at Huddersfield, a proprietor of the audderidold
Chronicle, magistrate of the borough, deputy limmend for
Yorkshire, and a candidate for a east is parliament for
Huddersfield at the next election ; sad he said for d
for • libel published in October last in the Horiders.f=ren
Hohnrirth Eneminer, of which the ddesdast sins publisher
aid printer. The libel arms eat of as agitation in eon,
InLiOn with the Haddonfield teasel-right q.estioo. The
defendant pleaded • justification. The ems came on for
trial In December last, before Kr. Biros Mattis, at Guild-
ball. On the night previous to the trial Mr. Bovill, Q. 0.,
entered into segotiatioas with Mr. Coleridge, Q. 0., who re-
""d the &deadest, with a view to • settlement, and
It uses agreed between them that the defendant should
apologies and express his regret for bean' made untended
statesman that a verdict should be entered for the plaintiff
for 405., aid the defendant pay all ants as between "dorm
mad died, sad that the apology should be printed is
large type is a conspicuous place in the defendaat's
paper. On the day of trial then terms were reduced
to writing, sod the defendant being absent, Mr. Clough, his
solicitor, wrote at the bottom of the paper, " I undertake
to obtain the signature of the defendant to above terms."
Mr. Cderidge thee made • verbal apology, which was ac-
cepted by Mr. Bovril, and • verdict was entered for the
plaintiff, with 408. damages. The defeatist afterwards
refused to sign the paper, and did not publish the terms in
his paper, aid In ooesequance, Mr. Bovril, os the 21st
ion, obtained • rale calling epee Mr. Clough to show
mum why be should sot perform his undertaking by obtain-
hig the sweaters of the defendaet, end call) upon the
defendant se show nun why he had sot • the terms
and published them, or why • new trial sot be had.
Mr. Temple, Q. 0., os behalf of the attorney, Mr. Clough.
sew showed masa, and said that so faradaespimarded Mr
Clouds, be stood u ground quite t of the
defendant Wood , but he would not oiled to steed le
his place, because, in feet, the terms which were agreed
upon had been substantially complied with. Mr. Clough re-
commended a settlement of the actioo, and the defendant
agreed to the course be proposed, bat nothing was said about
his having to sign en apology. What Mr. Clough undertook
to do was, that the defendant should carry out the terms
by publishing what took place in court, and that be bad
most fully dom. There was no undertaking that he should
sign any formal apology.
The Lord Chief Biros—Were the terra published in the
defeadant's isewspiper ?
Mr. Temple—Not in the form in which they ware
written ; but the terms as stated In court were published.
A full report of everything that was odd in man appeared
In defeat's newspaper.
Mr. Bovril—Bat eat the terms agreed to by Mr. Cole-
ridge ; they have dace bees repudiated.
Mr. Lon, Q.C., who appeared ea behalf of the defendant,
dusted that the &deadest had repudiated scything.
_loses
Mr. Temple said that after an ample had
blished he thought the attonisy, who not betrayed
his sliest in any way, nor acted inonaistest with hie tete-
rests, could not fairly be called opus to pay the expenses of
the present applkatioe sad also of the trial. He therefore
trusted the court would discharge the rule as regarded Ms.
Mash.
Mr. Lash said that the sole object of the plaintiff is
foesing the defendant to sign the paper was not to eradicate
Manmade; but to humiliate a petaled advsnery. The
two wine were proprietors of rival newspapers represeet-
lag diffenst parties in Haddonfield, and after the
trial a telegram, in the shape of • most offend,. placard,
staticng the whsle of the written terms agreed uroe. was
pablined, sod Made of music were seat round the lows.
with the view so dead cd sasayrag and humbling a poli-
tical ',smolt. He cockaded that the terms of the nailer-
swat had bees faithfully carried eat, the speedra et Mr.
Oalaridge mad Yr. Doan, made is apes Govt, bean kiss