THE DAILY MAIL

London, England

24 April 1934

LIBEL ACTION APPEAL.

Notice of appeal has been lodged on behalf of Mr. Aleister Crowley, the author, against the verdict in his recent libel action.

Mr. Crowley sued Messrs. Constable and Co., Limited (publishers), Messrs. Charles Whittingham and Griggs (printers), Limited, and Miss Nina Hamnett, in respect of an alleged libel in Miss Hamnett's book, "Laughing Torso," in which was a statement that Mr. Crowley had had a temple at Cefalu, Sicily, where he was supposed to have practised Black Magic.

The jury stopped the case after four days before Mr. Justice Swift, and returned a verdict for the defendants.