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fault of Mr. Pollard's but it arose from the inherent viciousness of the whole of Mr. Murrow's premises that it was utterly impossible to file a good plea.
They were again demurred to and Mr. Pollard appeared in court the first day of the past sessions (the 18th instant) to support them. The argument lasted nearly six hours more for the sake of going as far as possible into the question than to leave any doubt as to the worth of the pleas; half an hour could have settled that.
They were objected to as being neither traverses nor in confession and avoidance, as being argumentative, immaterial, uncertain, double, and in the alternative.
Mr. Murrow would not plead to the terms of the Information (not even to the plainest and most natural sense of his own libel). He cased by setting up a fancied construction (and a far-fetched one it was) of the libel and pleading justification to it. He argued and inferred facts and deductions in his pleas and
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fault of Mr. Pollard's but it arose from the inherent viciousness of the whole of Mr. Murrow's premises that it was
it was utterly impossible to file a good plea
They were again demurred to and Mr. Pollard appeared in court the first day of the past sessions (the 18th instant) to support them. The argument lasted nearly six hours more for the sake of going as far as possible in the question than
any doubt as to the worth of the pleas; half an hour could have settled that:
They were objected to as being neither Traverses nor in Confession and avoidance, as being argumentative, immaterial, uncertain, and being double and in the alternative.
Mr. Murrow would not plead to the terms of the Information (no not even to the plainest and most natural sense of his own libel). He cased by setting up a fancied construction (and a far very far one it was) of the libel and pleading justification to it: He argued and inferred facts and deductions in his pleas and