A DIGEST

OF THE LAW OF

LIBEL AND SLANDER.

THIRD EDITION.

1896.

ED AOD BDd3

OF THE LAW OF

LIBEL AND
AND SLANDER.

WITH

THE EVIDENCE, PROCEDURE, PRACTICE, AND
PRECEDENTS OF PLEADINGS,

BOTH IN

CIVIL AND CRIMINAL CASES.

BY

W. BLAKE ODGERS, M.A., LL.D., Q.C.,

OF THE MIDDLE TEMPLE AND THE WESTERN CIRCUIT,

"DEAD SCANDALS FORM GOOD SUBJECTS FOR DISSECTION.'-BYRON.

LONDON:

STEVENS AND SONS, LIMITED,

119 & 120, CHANCERY LANE,

Law Publishers and Booksellers.

1896.

LONDON:

BRADBURY, AGNEW, & CO. LD., PRINTERS, WHITEFRIARS.