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LAW INTELLIGENCE.—(This Day.)

COURT OF EXCHEQUER.

(Sittings at Guildhall, before the Lord Chief Baron and

a common jury.)
WILSON V. COHEN—SLANDER.

This was an action for damages for slander. The de-
fendant pleaded not guilty.

Mr. Hawkins and Mr. Henry James were counsel
for the plaintiff ; Mr. Sergeant Ballantine and Mr. IL
D. Lewis were counsel for the defendant.

Mr. Hawkins, in stating the case to the jury, said
that the plaintiff was an undertaker, apd a select vestry-
man of Whitechapol, carrying on business in Dock-street
in the neighbourhood of Mint-street, and the defendant
was a clothier, occupying two houses in the same street,
and the slander consisted of words uttered by the defend-
ant to the plaintiff, charging him with being a thief, and
a robber, and a brothel-keeper, that his wife was a bawd,
and his daughters prostitutes,

The plaintiff was called. and deposed that on the even-
ing of the 14th August last the defendant accosted him
n Dock-street, and caused by his conduct a large assem-
blage of persons. His wife and daughters were attracted
by the noise in the street, and appeared at the door just
at the time the defendant, in disgusting language, used
the slander complained of. Plaintiff made no reply to
the defendant's assertion, nor did his wife or daughters
to the insinuation thrown out against their chastity.
Plaintiff was unable to say if the defendant was drunk
at the time ; and he afterwards instructed his solicitor
to obtain an apology from the defendant, but he declined
giving it. He had no vindictive feelings against the
defendant, and was ready now to stop the case ou his
84 9 I I apologising.

In his cross-examination the plaintiff said that lie was
not aware if he had offended the defendant. He had
buried defendant's wife.

Mr. Sergeant BAllantine—And I suppose he has never
forgiven you. (Laughter.)

Plaintiff continued—He was not a " burial society"—
(laughter)—but he had been the promoter of one.
The Chief Baron—And that I suppose is dead and
buried. (Laughter.)

Plaintiff—Yes. (Renewed laughter.)
Several witnesses, including the plaintiff's wife, hav-
ing been examined in support of his case,
Mr. Sergeant Ballantine said be should not call any
witnesses.

Mr. Hawkins then summed up the evidence, remark-
ing that the plaintiff regretted to be compelled to bring
this case belt re a jury. If au apology had been given
by the defendant the plaintiff would have been satisfied,
and he was now ready to accept an apology,
Mr. Sergeant Ballantine addressed the jury for the
defendant, and remarked that he preferred to rest his
case on the plaintiff's evidence rather than call
witnesses, because it was well known that in
these Mint.street cases as many witnesses might
be got on either side as was thought neces-
sary. He condemned this action being brought,
contending that the words used were not slanderoUs, but
merely abuse cognisable before a magistrate, and he
attributed the action being brought by the plaintiff out
of fear of a prosecution being instituted against him if
he went to the Mansion House or Guildhall, from the
bad odour these cases were in there. He ridiculed the
lamb-like disposition of the plaintiff and his family in not
replying to the defendant's language, and asked the jury
if they thought it at all likely that a woman like the
plaintiff's wife -mould quietly stand by and hear herself
called an " old bawd." If so, the sooner she was trans-
lated to a better scene the greater advantage it would
be fur all parties.

The Chief Baron, in summing up, said it was to be
regretted this action had been brought, because, he
thought it was one savouring more of abuse than slander.
If, however, they believed, the defendant seriously ircti
puted misconduct to the plaintiff by the language h•
used the plaintiff was entitled to their verdict. Much
had been said of the dispositions of the relative parties,
and it was for the jury to form their own opinion of th•
forbearing and quiet disposition of the plaintiff and his
family. It was unfortunate an apology or retraction of
the language used had not been given when an applica-
tion was made to the defendant for that purpose. In
St. James's-street, if a man said he did not say such
and such words that had been imputed to him, or
retracted his expression, it was taken as an apology or
retraction, but he doubted if such rules of politeness
prevailed iu Mint-street and its locality.
The jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff, damages
201.