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£1,000 DAMAGES FOR
FAMILY LIBEL
COUNSEL ABANDONS THE
DEFENCE
WOMAN ASKS TO CONTINUE IT
There was an unusual incident in the King's Bench. Division last month in the libel action brought by Mr. Frederick Wm. Capron, solicitor, of St. James's-court, S.W.
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Harry Leslie Smith, aged 36, a french polisher, was charged at Dover last month with mak- forins and ing 58 counterfeit
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Jackham, aged 24, a photographer, in respect of 13 coins. Both men were remanded in custody for a week
The defendants were his brother and his sister-in-law, COL George Capron and Mrs. Elfrida Minnie Fass Capron, of Old Oak Cottage, West Drayton, Middlesex, who were alleged to have "In view of this document it is libelled plaintif in letters written to the Rev. Brian Hunt, a quite impossible for me to continue to attack. it. I was brought into brother-in-law, and to a Mr. Hitchins.
The jury awarded Mr. Capron £1,000 damages, and judgment the case at the last moment, and was entered by Lord Hewart for that amount, with an injunc-was rather convinced that there
were reasons for proceeding. tion to restrain defendants from repeating the libels.
"This is the Srst time I and
:
As the jury were leaving thefna, possibility of any money com-the-solicitors instructing me have box Mrs. Capron, one of the deling from that source?--It is all alseen this document, and I feel quite certain that there can be no ques- fendants, walked to the front of myth.
business men?
the court and asked Lord Hewart Lord Hewart (to Mr. Herbert):tion about ita release was ex- if she could not presonally con-If you have no regard for the time ecuted on the date nared.
"I am sorry I have been so long tinne with the defence of the ac of the Court, -have you no regard įtion, which had been abandoned for the time of the jury, who are over the matter; I shall take no
further steps in the case." by counsel
"Monstrous Alevations” She was about to make further A Juryman: May we hear some! observations when Lord Hewart vital evidence?
Addressing the jury, Lord He remarked: "Your counsel has ab-l
Mr. Herbert: Were you not first wart said the defendants - had andoned the defence, and juds introduced into the Capron family charged the plaintiff with frand ment has been entered. You can-when you were about 12 years of and forgery, or something very like it, and, almost until the last, mo- not say anything."
lage-Certainly not.
Mr. Herbert asked a number of mant, the charges had been per other questions, and then the fore-sisted in
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Mr. Capron's case was that, man of the jury said: "It is the However, Mr. Herbert, in con- after the death of his father, Mr-unanimous opinion of the jury ducting the defence, had at length Frederic. Lucas Capron, in 1898, that we have heard enough of this recognised that it was impossible documents were discovered by him cross-examination.” ***
to maintain that position. as an executor that revealed that
Impossible To Continue? Mr. Oliver said he thought that his father and mother were
Mr. Herbert: I will not ask any the jury should award a substantial married until 1873, and that the more questions.
sum of damages in plaintiff's fav- children born before that date,
Mr. Roland Oliver, E.C., for Mrjour, lest at a later date some ma- including Col. Capron himself and F. W. Capron, announced that he licions person should say that a himself, were not legitimate:
called no more evidence, and Mr verdict of a contemptuous nature That state of affairs was accept-Herbert was asked by Lord He had been entered.
that
Mr. Herbert: As far as I am
led by the executors, but in 1920 wart: "Do you still, after the ex- Lord Hewart said the monstrous Col. Capron asserted that a docu-pression of opinion by the jury, allegations had been persisted in ment had been discovered
persist in these charges against by the defendants against evidence showed that the marriage was the plaintiff ?
that was overwhelming. in 1963, which was three years
'After judgment had been enter- after the plaintiff was born and concerned I am not prepared to ed Mr. Oliver said he hoped the three years before Col. Capror's take the responsibility of persist- defendants realised the seriousness birth
ing in these charges:
of the injunction he asked for. Holding aloft a draft copy of Mr. Herbert said he would-make the release prepared by Mr. F. L. clear to Col and Mrs. Capron, the Capron for Col Capron's signa-seriousness of disobeying the in-
Col Capron claimed to be the eldest legitmate son.
He had written a letter to the
1st ́AZE. Manila, Rabaul, Brisbane, Sydney Bev. Brian Hunt in which he stare in 1895, Mr. Herbert added: junction.
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leged that the plaintin had put for ward a false document making him self the eldest son, instead of Col Capron, and also had put forward
a release purporting to be signed Milk Stolen To Help
by Col. Capron releasing all the latter's inheritance.
Jury's Request
Expectant Mother
Continning his evidence, Mr. F. Sentence of 14 days' hard labour and asked for a drink of mile" W. Capton was asked by Mr. T for stealing a 3d bottle of milk went and took the milk from the A Herbert, cross-examining for was passed by Worcester county doorstep."
Col and Mrs. Capron: "You say magistrates last month on a young When Hill was charged, he said: you have been persecuted by Colhusband, who said he did it because "The only reason why I did it is Capron since 19207"
kis wife was expecting a child because my wife is expecting a
Mr. Capron: I think my counsel Joseph and Lly Hill, both aged child get very aptly described what has 20, of Oxford-street, Bilston, Superintendent Cook said the happened when he said. 55. Stars, were jointly charged with couple had come to the district for Mr. Capron said he had written stealing a bottle of milk, value: 3d, pes-pickding Hill had no money in
his possession that his brother George's attitude at Kempsey. was ridiculous. George's auciety Mrs Phyllis Mason, of Kempsey, The Beach discharged Mrs Hill, |
out said that she heard the couple sing-and the chairman, Mr. C. Garl arose from an kalkucination the possibility of his, receiving/ing at the back of her house and her, sentencing Hill," observed: You are a young man and have something from his grandfather's later missed the zile
PBadger spoke to the Hills, not been in geol before. Werdre
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MACKINNON MACKENZIE.COs said Mr. Capron, and the milion, the bottle in the you have bem giver several op
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