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…nglish public life that this cad, backed by your wealth, should have the licence to publish to the whole world filthy libels against the personal virtue of noble women. A Baron of England, accessory after the fact to so foul and mean a crime ? I have the honour to be, Your Lordships obedient servant, Norman MUDD, M.A., Cambridge : sometime Scholar of Trinity College. Late Lecturer in Applied Mathematics, Grey University College, South Africa. 37a Tressilian Road, Brockley, London, S.E.4, August, 1924. 15
1924 · PDF PAGE 1
…ble injury committed by that paper against the social honour, life, and work of an English gentleman and man of letters, and against the personal virtue of three very noble women who have renounced their private ambitions in order to help in his work. I. The case is as follows : Between November 1922 and March 1923, the Sunday Express published a series of sensa- I
1924 · PDF PAGE 13
…for a man may be done to death by venomous libels far less mercifully than by cruder poisons. 11. My Lord, you cannot escape the gravest personal responsibility in this matter. Your editor could not, with any private resour- ces of his own, undertake a protracted news- paper campaign of libel. It is your wealth, in particular, that he relies on when he challenges Mr. Crowley to fill his pockets by means of an action at law. It is your capital, in various kinds, that he uses in order to collect anonymous gossip, purchase slanderous interviews, a…
1924 · PDF PAGE 10
…y Express was as false in the spirit as in the letter. I did everything I could to ensure that these representations should come to your personal 10
1924 · PDF PAGE 7
…ponsible and anonymous defamation. It is Mr. Crowleys real vindicationhis vindi- cation for all timeagainst any serious attack on his personal honour, whether as artist, patriot or man. The iniquity of the situation created by your editors abominable lies is glaringly shown by the fact that Mr. Crowleys publishers, despite their complete sympathy and good will, feel unable, for the time being, to proceed with the publication of the work. They state that the book trade and the big libraries, in England and abroad, will boycott the book, fro…