The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1879-10-26
BEAUTY AVENGED.
TRIAL OF ADoLPHUs ROSENBERG FOR LIBELLING
THE LONDON BELLEs-MAYTAIR AT THE OLD
BAIIEY-LUNCH AND LoRGNETTEs-MR. LANG
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LONDON, Oct. 20, 1879.
The Central Criminal Court presented this
morning quite unusual appearance The case
of Adolphus Rosenberg, charged with libel by
Mrs. Edward Langtry and Mrs. CORVALLIS
West, was there to be tried. Long before ten
o'clock there were fashionable carriages making
their way down Fleet street, and hanson cabs,
with unusually swell occupants, wheeling round
the corner Of the Holborn Viaduct into the Old
Bailey. The staircases that led to the court
light autumn oyercoats. Many persons had
brought their lunches with them. Belgravia
had migrated into the precincts of Newgate.
The benches set apart for visitors rising tier on
tier behind the barristers seats, were filed
within five minutes after the doors were opened.
The feminine element predominated. Many of
the ladies sat with opera glasses in hand Sir
Charles Whetham, the Lord Mayor, whose
term of Office expires in few days, entered the
officers with sword and mace. He took his
scat on the bench beside the desk of the
presiding judge. At his left was Sir Robert
Garden, who prcsides as magistrate at Guild
hall. Sir Robert had the Times spread out be-
fore him. and was reading, with considerable
interest and not without hilarity an extended
report OF the overwhelmingly case, which
had entered its second stage in his Court on the
preceding day. Messrs. Bevan and Burt, the
Sherifs, with members of the Common Council
and other city officers, were accommodated with
conspicuous seats in the court.
BENCH AND BAR.
At five minutes after ten the Court rose to
its feet and Justice Hawkins entered. Sir
Henry Hawkins, of the Exchequer division, is II
keen-eyed, cxctable judge, with knack of
delivering his phrases with sharp jerk
and of pitching his voice in a shrill key,
which is mt first amusing and afterward
was thronged. Sir Watkin Williams, Q.
c., and four other eminent counsel
appeared for Mrs. CORVALLIS West; Sergeant
Parry, Mr.. Montagu Williams and others for
Mrs. Langtry. The prisoner had evidently ap-
precatcd the gravity of his situation, for Mr..
Willis, @. c., had been engaged to defend him.
The printers of 1oWn Tall were also represented
by counsel who rather watched the case than
took part in it. Mr.. Edward Lewis, the solici
half the great families of England, hustled about
| the Court, nominally appearing for Mrs. West,
but apparently whispering with equal impair
TALLY to Sir Watkn Williams and Sergeant
Parry. None but the most important cases had
ever drawn such an array of barristers into
criminal court. AS l sat up ON high and looked
down from the topmost tier of seats the white
wigs of the opposing counsel seemed to me like
lines of breakers in the Coney Island surf.
THE ACCUSED.
The prisoner ut once brought into the
ssck. lie sat there seemingly unfrightened
and gazcd about him with careless air. He is
said to be twenty-scv years old. He has
dark mustache and side whiskcrs. He wears eye
glasses His face is of decidedly Hebrew cast
Theclerk of the court read over the change to
him. 1t set forth that he, OH the Sth October,
published dclamatory libels concerning Mr.
CORVALLIS West and his wife. and ON five various
occasions concerning Mr.. Langtry and his wife.
Being called upon to plead, Rosenbergs counsel
said he was instructed to put in q plea of
Guilty The printers counsel also rose
and rendered similar plea. Before any
thing more could be said, Sergeant Parry
had adjusted his eyeglasses and with great
carnestness proceeded to argue upon that count
of the indictment which charged the prisoner
with knowing tho article in Iorn TAX to be
false. lie said that the person who publishes a
paper ought to be fully aware Of its contents. 1t
was OF NO avail that Rosenberg had given the