The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-02-02
FOUND GUILTY .
Of L|BEL|Ne klNG
Edward F. Myths Is Sentenced Ia
Prison for One Year After
Lightning Trial

LONDON, Feb. i.-Edwald y,
Myllus was today found guilty Oh
|eriminally ibeling King George n
was convicted on all three OF TUG
charges made against him.
A prison sentence OF one year Wa
imposed upon him. The state uoes
not provide counsel for a man charged
with libel against the king ana as
Mylius was financially unable 10 em'
ploy an attorney he conducted nus
own defense.
Opposed TO him were Attorney-Gen'
eral Sir RUFUS Isaacs. Solicitor Genei
AZ Sir John Simon aud Kings Counsel
lurs Messrs. Rowlatt and Muir. -
more formidable array OF legal lights
would have been hard TO ind
Mylius was brought into court Ut
10:45, from Brixton jail. where TOT
month he has been confined In ue-
fault OF 100000 bail.
Theoretically the trial was pubic
bat In reality II was conducted secret.
~ as every one Was excluded except
selected few, passed upon by tue
crown. Among the spectators was
Home Secretary Winston Churchll'
There was brief debate whether
Churchill should be admitted, but the
authorities finally decided that he was
q man OF sufficient discretion and re-
liability an dgaye him a seat we'll TO
the front.
The case was tried before speclai
Jury chosen by the court officers.
Howlatt made the opening state
ment for the prosecution, declaring
that Myths had been accused three
times OF publishing the scandalous
falsehood OF Georges morganatic mar
riage to the daughter OF Admiral Sey-
mour. when he was with the fleet at
Malta and long before his marriage
to the queen.
The prisoner admits that he wrote
these libels and mailed them TO the
I.iberator." Rowlatt said HE asserts
that this story is true and that It's pub
LEGATION is for the public benefit.
Sir Rufus Isaacs followed Rowlatt.
He began by saying that Myths we'll
known Republican views were not In
the least Objectionable TO the king
and that the prosecution was free OF
any political animus.
The king is likely TO suffer the loss
OF his subjects esteem" lsaacs con-
tinued. by this repeated assertion
that his marriage TO the queen was
sham aud bigamous because the king
had previously married Miss Seymour
in 1890 and had foully abandoned his
wife and offspring TO enable him To
marry the Princess Victoria Mary. as
the result OF the death OF his elder
brother making him the heir 10 the
throne"
Isaacs spoke In an impassioned vein
and was followed closely by the pris-
oner. The encouragement promised
S-holly 10 disprove the Malta mar
rage. When he had finished, Mylius
asked the privilege OF questioning
each of the jurors as to whether he
was able TO render an impartial yer.
dict. Once more the lord chief JUS
tice refused his request, although
Myths contended that the law gave
him the right to put this question TO
the jurors.
Tie whole foundation OF the eft
told story OF the morganatic marriage
was swept away by the testimony Of
Admiral Seymour himself. He tcsti-
lied that he was assigned to the com
inand OF the Malta feet in June. 1903.
ard denied that he or his family were
in Malta at the time of the ALLEGED
marriage.
NAMED in Malta three years and tnet
his wife and daughters visited him
there each winter.
During this time my daughters
saw the king, who was then the Duke