The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1883-01-02
"FOBBEHY by JIJHY.U
'''flNdiEnation ofa Prominent Ncwapnpcr
M tnS .4fs.U1-saY OF Suit for Iih.d Tho
.!FGm !h" N"w York Nvrald.l

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.!rom IN" N"w York Hrrald]
!omr OF our contemporaries have
r'crnly discussed the libel suit Of a
certain Mr.. Malloy ayains, the jiryuM
anh. d.. r''""rkablc verdict rendered
by the .i"Ir. which gave that injured
citi1rn tie sum OF twenty thousand
u"iEuE i''!h.GcS. at which rate Il very
larM" m"''h'r OF persons would Ike to
be -" ''"i iu~' rs MriinE wa~. News
l'aprr' ~ ni"ii contemplate this r:>c
Strir,I' Ifn'n The >tan,ipDini ui irurr.!.
lSilc 'H'"r|>t perceive ihnt it; !..,,,:r j.
extensive. a"d that what u,nv I've ,.r.i..;
"'hc ""c,}"nial libel" could lin >;nrA.H
IN Il way T." suppress II good r.n,
newspapers, if Mailny'S r;t>r isiuslunh
aS good law. Pew newspapers can
"l'rh 10 pay twenty thnu~inh dolIars
Tor every Hctltal inadvrrirnry th;. in
wolves extremely liltir real iniurv to
amy one; hui What viii happen if II
case like lhi- shall stimulate nliyrniur-
"rS IN small country towns to GET
then'~clNrS purpuSrly librl.cd by col
]u>i"h with Il local correspondents
shall, IN short. initiate Il system bv
Whirh two ur three rogue, anywhere
can "nut up job" aMain>, Il news
paper "hi" (" pay? Praclirai points uf
this nH,urr attract the attention OF
jonrMHi>; hut in our opinion these
praciir;ii questions are not the most
Important involved in this ca.r. h-
dcci. 'iic mos, important point in ii,r
case - Il very old point. H. il ia"
Question of the fitness Of men who -,
on th" bench rs .iuinrS--n question, -,
o.I ~ the battle for civil hNrvil is
"''i a. he fight against refinery IN ,u,,
i"r,i Ui law; bat " hicl. is case. rrI,-
",.iit come up to show. j. never lu,
one I" be Of piactical moment to th,,
lilhiir.
In IhS ease !lc circumstances were
th">r OF lhc publication of an or,!n a.
rH piece o. news. We printed the re,
p"ri sent by telegraph of fire NJ
lh&r''"ll. in South Carolina. with the
allegation HAT some Of "llic leading
cliIz"nS OF that place believed the fir,
br 0 inccndiary origin and believed il
was Nndird by zone Mallov:" but OF
this Malloy there was no further idcn
tilicali,n by given names, nor, indeed
any other Identification whatever, cx
crpt in the statement that he was tht
same person who was believed to have
on Il former occasion SET fire to his owl
store for the purpose Of obtaining the
insurance and that he had abscondrt
since this latest fire. If there was
Ma'loy to whom this description wuul,
apply he might properly hold that h,
was the man referred to; but il mus
be thought that he could scarcely pre-
tend that he had much character tt
lose. " i,h no further idcntihcatio,
than this of the inculpatcd person, on,
James Francis Malloy came lorwar,
and claimed to be the man referred tt
in the report. That man should, b>
his own act and cndcavor, proceed {;
prove, where all was doubtful at least
'hn; b" must necessarily be the pcrso,
na'n@d IN such n report, may not seen
rri'ennabic 1T il first glance: but whcl
we consider that such IN identification
might involve the possible collection
OF twenty thousand dollars this poin
will be more readily understood. Mr.
Malloy's Identification Of himself wa.
based upon his declaration that he wa
the only person of that name residcn
at Edgcticld which might have raisct
great many inquiries of fact; bu
upon his r"p'rsc -, If The iniur,
done him ~ 'nr nc",' ;,1r4w"arh W,
ucIAat&s.Vi! t.l.t tIiC pEla avli igiviiCu {.