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STATEMENT P. 51 YOUR APRIL 29 ISSUE "LAWYER NEYLAN HAS NEVER LOST A JURY TRIAL" ERRONEOUS. NEYLAN DAMN CLEVER LAWYER BUT LOST JURY CASE FOR LIBEL SOME TWO YEARS AGO, MONTEREY COUNTY, CALIF., BROUGHT BY ONE BAUGH AGAINST SAN FRANCISCO EXAMIXER...
Justice of the Peace Ray Baugh of Monterey County sued Hearst's Examiner for $125.000 compensatory damages, $100.000 punitive damages on twelve counts of alleged libel. The jury found no libel, awarded $1 punitive damages. Individual jurors later explained that they wanted to save their fellow townsman the costs of the trial. Their zeal was misdirected, since Plaintiff Baugh was obliged to pay the costs anyway. Lawyer Neylan & Client Hearst considered disposal of a $225.000 suit for $1 net a distinct victory...
...only four-volume Dictionary of Jewish Atrocities is published in Germany by silver-haired, retired Col. Ulrich Fleischhauer with but one restriction: it can be sold only to members of the Nazi Party. Last week Colonel Fleischhauer turned up in Berne, Switzerland to defend four Swiss Nazis charged with libel for circulating the notorious, forged Protocols of the Elders of Zion (TIME, Nov. 12). Not disconcerted by the fact that the Protocols are forgeries, Colonel Fleischhauer thundered, "They are in the Jewish spirit! Who can deny Jews aspire to that world domination set forth in the Protocols? Jews take world...
Conducting or owning a brothel is a crime, as defined by Section 1146 of the Penal Law and unless you have information substantiating your assertions you have committed a gross libel upon a whole people...
Governor Curley should drop his libel suits before they get beyond his control. It is not becoming for the highest official in the Commonwealth to interfere with the freedom of the press. Moreover, His Excellency should recall the words of Grover Cleveland; "Don't sue for libel; they may prove...