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Libel and liberty clash in Stockdale libel case in London
In a landmark libel inquiry at the Sheriffs Office Stockdale v Bansard the plaintiff urged damages claiming a prison inspectors report defamed him by calling a sexualized medical work obscene. He argued the work was scientific and that the House of Commons resolutions aimed to intimidate judges and juries. The jury awarded 6001 for damages.
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Sheriffs’ Office
Liox Square
Stockdale
Bansard
John Robertson
Baillie
Corporation of London
House of Commons
England
Middlesex
America
Harriet Wilson
Littledale
Pattison
Coleridge
Esquire
J. Russell
Whitworth Hussell
Lord John Russell
City of London
Hansard
W. Crawford
Whitworth Russell
Folger
Wilks
Thames
Duncan Maclean
Renown
East Indiaman
Calcutta
Broderip
Her Majesty's Customs
Cook
Customs Solicitor's Office
Hughes
William Ansell
Customs Department
East India Dock
James Fox
Gravesend
Broderiphere
Customhouse
Board of Customs
James Pollack
Ansell
Marylebone
Cam. Con
Fracas
Apnee
George Miles Weston
Suffolk-place
Pall-mall
Bailey
Basinghall-street
Latour
Thomas Battersby
Dorset-place
New-road
Codd
Jermyn-street
House of Lords
Sergeant Heath
Sergeant Sleath
Copartnership
Heath
West End
Bell
William Jones
Patrick Molrooney
Paddy
Jones
Misthress Mulrooney
Mulrooney