[Prisoner for Blasphemy by George William Foote]@TWC D-Link bookPrisoner for Blasphemy CHAPTER VII 13/40
I know that.
Go on with your address. Mr.Foote: Your lordship, these questions are part of my address. Gentlemen (turning to the jury), no less a person than a brother of one of our most distinguished judges has said---- Mr.Justice North: Now, again, I cannot have you quoting books not in evidence, for the sake of putting before the jury the matters they state.
The passage you referred to is one in which the Lord Chief Justice pointed out that that could not be done. Mr.Foote: But the action, my lord, of the Lord Chief Justice did not put a stop to the reading.
He said he would allow Mrs.Besant to quote any passage as a part of her address. Mr.Justice North: Go on. Mr.Foote: No less a person than the brother of one of our most learned---- Mr.Justice North: Now did I not tell you that you could not do that? Mr.Foote: Will your lordship give me a most distinct ruling in this case? Mr.Justice North: I am ruling that you cannot do what you are trying to do now. Mr.Foote: I am sorry, my lord, I cannot understand. Mr.Justice North: I am sorry for it.
I have tried to make myself clear. Mr.Foote: Does your lordship mean that I am not to read from anything to show justification of the libel? Mr.Justice North: There is no justification in the case.
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