AGGRAVATING CIRCUMSTANCES, must be justified, 175 AGGRAVATION OF DAMAGES, 365-368, 635 malice, 366 by plea of justification, 183, 328, 368, 635, 636, 644 by injudicious cross-examination of plaintiff, 643 AGGRAVATION OF PUNISHMENT, AGREEMENT, to accept the publication of mutual apologies, 730 promise to abstain from publishing a libel no consideration for, 9 words spoken of an, 58 ALIEN, 543, 544 ALLEGORY, may be a libel, 108, 115, 147, 442 ALLUSION, libel by, 108, 634 AMBASSADORS, foreign, libels on, 436 "AMBI-DEXTER," 59, 121 AMBIGUOUS EXPRESSIONS, rule of construction as to, 114, 116-119 evidence as to meaning of, 633, 634 meaning ascribed by innuendo must be adhered to, 112 of pleadings, 585, 598 at the trial, 641 of variances between words laid and those proved, 630, 677 of indictment, 677 of information, 691 AMENDS, evidence of, in mitigation of damages, 378-381, 733 ANAGRAM, may be a libel, 108 "ANANIAS," 118 ANGER is not malice, 323, 324, 333 ANNUAL PROFITS, diminution of, 354, 358, 363 how proved, 359 ANONYMOUS LETTER, shown confidentially, 241, 698 opinion as to handwriting of, when privileged, 266, 267 197 ANSWERS to interrogatories, 614-618 APOLOGY, 378-381, 596, 597 should be demanded before action, 570 what is a sufficient, 571 jury to judge of sufficiency of, 380, 733 should be frank and full, 380, 571 notice of intention to give evidence of, 596, 597, 743 form of plea of, 379, 596, 597, 731-735 publication of, 380, 381 of fact, not bonâ fide comment, 188-192, 194, 211 pleading to, 582, 583, 716 O.L.S. ASTERISKS, put for plaintiff's name, 146, 677 ATTACHMENT, for contempt, 517-520 committal differs from, 519, 520 ATTACK, by plaintiff on defendant, answer to, privileged, 275, 374 to commit a felony, charge of, actionable, 38, 39, 42, 137 ATTORNEY, slander of, 58, 59, 288, 707, 718 libels on, 26, 109, 116, 128, 200, 288, 303, 699, 746 acting as advocate, privilege of, 226 not liable for asserting his client's rights, 83, 84, 273 bills of costs of, not privileged, 231 publication of libel to, 241, 288 may give information unasked to client, 244, 245 plaintiff, proof of qualification, 623, 624 AUCTIONEER, words concerning, 62 libellous notice to, by persons interested in proceeds of sale, 265, 273 AUDITOR, report by, to shareholders privileged, 266 AUTHOR, criticisms of works of, 28, 202, 203 liable as publisher, 150, 439 AUTHORITY, given to another to publish a libel, 165, 439, 440, 546, 549, 550 when implied, 546, 547 ratification, 547 in criminal cases, 440-443, 548 AVERMENTS, when necessary, 130-132, 143, 144, 582, 583 in civil cases, need not be proved, 583 except of plaintiff's office or trade, 583, 635 in indictments and criminal informations still necessary, 669, 670, 677 of special intent, 426, 427, 669 costs of, 419, 420 B. BAD CHARACTER, evidence of plaintiff's, 375, 378 BAD MOTIVES, IMPUTATION OF, 210-214 cannot as a rule be fair comment, 211 becomes a comment if facts set out, or known, 211 BAIL, for appearance to take trial, 667 BANKER, refusing to honour a cheque, 13 circulation of rumour that bank had stopped payment, 241 refusing to accept cheque of a particular bank, 21, 126, 266, 333 BANKERS' BOOKS EVIDENCE ACT, 574, 620 criminal information against County Court Judge for refusing to hear, report of speech of, in Court, 291, 301 BASTARD, libellous to write and publish that child is a, 19 or that a woman has given birth to a, 19, 62, 389 slander to say of a woman that she has had a, 67-69 slander to make such a charge if injurious to a man in his profession, to put a name on a black-list may be a libel, 31, 101, 127, 403 may be true, 181 may be an accurate report of a judicial proceeding, 296 dictum of Lord Lindley, 31 libel on a trader in, 31, 127, 296, 403 trade union liable for publishing, 101, 403, 555 "BLACK-MAILING," 116 "BLACK-SHEEP," 19, 47, 110, 121 BLASPHEMOUS WORDS, 426, 446-472 defined, 446 mere denial of Christianity is not blasphemy, 448 honest advocacy of heretical opinions, 448 justification not allowed, 447 heresy distinct from blasphemy, 455 heresy, 455-458 statutory provisions, 452-455 jurisdiction of Ecclesiastical Courts, 455-458 reports of proceedings in Courts of Justice as to, are not privileged, 310, 449, 450 Nonconformity, 456, 457 Unitarianism, 468-472 history of the law, 458-472 punishment, 452-455 limitation of prosecutions for, 454 Common Law not affected by statutes, 454 Scotch law as to, 469, 470 44 proceedings of, a matter of public interest, 200 reports of meetings of, privileged, 310 words spoken at meeting of, privileged, although reporters present, 283 BOLTED," charge of having, libellous, 176 BONA FIDE COMMENT, 184-214 no libel, 185 what is a, 207 a question for the jury, 209 distinction from allegation of fact, 192 bona fides insufficient, 207 imputation of a bad motive, 210 plea of, 644, 716, 717 |