Morning journal and courier., 1884-11-24
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 English Society. DEATH IN THE COOKING. A Family Sup From POis-
 Omed Potatoes.
THE ADAMS LIBEL SUIT.
Young Coleridge Finds a Friend on
 the Bench.

Young CoIeridge Finds a Friend on
 the Bench.
 LONDON, Nov. 23, 1884.-The action for libel brought by Mir. F. M. Adams, Lon don barrister, against MT. Bernard Cole ridge, son of Lord Chief Justice Coleridge, was resumed yesterday. MT. Adams continued his opening remarks. He said he had much affection for Miss Coleridge, but he had no thought of marrying her. Now, how ever, he said, they were resolved to get mar ried. Attorney General James submitted that the plaintiff had no case and must be non-suited. The judge ruled that Bernard's letter was a privileged communication, and that Adams, in order to maintain his case, must prove express dis honesty on the part of Der. nard. He decided to leave the case to the jury, reserving to himself, however, the right to decide the action to point of law in case the verdict was not warranted by the evidence. The case was then submit ted to the jury, who after some deliberation brought in verdict fol the plaintiff of $15,OOO. The judge over1 ruled this verdict and gave verdict fol Coleridge with costs. The court room was crowded throughout the trial, and among the audience were many eminent lawyers The sympathies of the people were unques tionably in favor of MT. Adams. He made { most favorable impression upon all his hear CTS, lawyers and laymen alike, by his elo quence, his manliness and his patience under the frequent sneering interruptions of the presiding judge, Mr. Justice Manisty The attorney general, Sir Henry James, who ap- peared for the defendant, evidently relied upon the bias of the judge in favor ot his client and conducted his case in a perfunctory and indifferent man. ner. He called no witnesses fo1 the defense, and even declined to cross -examine;th the plaintiff. MT. Adams con- scented at the last moment not to call Chief Justice Coleridge and Miss Mildred Coleridge as witnesses, although they had been sub poenaed and were in attendance.
 MT. Justice Manisty's summing up to the jury was dead against the plaintiff. He in structed the jury that it was wholly unneces- sary for MT. Bernard Coleridge to prove the truth of the charges which he made in his letter to his sister. It was evident that he believed them to be true, and there was no proof that he had acted corruptly or maliciously. The jury demanded to be shown the original letter sent by MT. Coleridge to his sister. MT. Justice Manisty at first refused to comply with this demand, but after some haggling he consented, and the original doeu ument was taken into the jury room. The jury was ab sent fifty minutes, and when the verdict ir favor of the plaintiff was rendered there was 8 burst of applause which the court officers were unable to suppress. When MT of the jury there was tremendous sensation. Mir. Adams was thorough ly satisfied with the verdict and would have been satisfied with 8 verdict ot three farthings. He knew that the jury was with him when he closed his case, and if he had not had that knowledge he would have prolonged the case until Monday, and would have placed both Lord Chief Justice Cole ridge and Miss Mildred Coleridge upon the witness stand. He feels now that he has beer tricked and he is resolutely determined tc carry the case on appeal to higher court The case has attracted more attention on the part of lawyers than any that has been triec before the Queens bench since the Tichbornt case. A distinguished Queens counsel was interviewed this evening and was very out spoken in his condemnation of the judges action He said: "The conduct of MT. Jus tice Manisty is unprecedented. He especial ly abused his privilege by his frequent in terruptions and wrangles over points of law with man who was conducting his ow1 case The whole affair is disgrace to tht British bench"