THE BELFAST NEWS-LETTER

Belfast, Antrim, Northern Ireland

9 November 1934

(page 15)

AUTHOR’S APPEAL DISMISSED.

Verdict Upheld in “Black Magic” Libel Action.

The appeal in the “black magic” libel action was dismissed yesterday by the Court of Appeal, London.

Giving judgment, Lord Justice Greer said the Court had come to the conclusion that though there might be something to be said in favour of the view that the summing up was not as full as it ought presumably to have been, the only possible result was a verdict for the defendants.

Mr. Aleister Crowley, the author, appealed from the judgment of Mr. Justice Swift in an action he brought against Miss Nina Hamnett, authoress of “Laughing Torso”; Constable & Co., publishers; and Charles Whittingham & Briggs, the printers.