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Correspondence from Elliot S. Darby to Michael Sadleir [Constable & Co., Publishers of Laughing Torso]
[Correspondence concerning Constable & Co.'s preparation for the libel suit brought by Aleister Crowley against Nina Hamnett and the publication of her book Laughing Torso.]
Private.
17, Becondale Road, Gipsy Hill. S. E. 19.
Michael Sadleir Esq., 10, Orange Street. W.C.2.
26th September 1932.
Dear Mr Sadleir,
Further to my call upon you on Friday last, I have made some further investigations into the matter discussed between us, and am preparing a scheme which I hope to submit to you at an early date.
In the mean time it may interest you to know the Messers. Odhams Ltd., (The proprietors of John Bull) keep a "dossier" of people they have had cause to attack or expose and I understand they are quire willing to place any "dossier" in which you may be interested, at your disposal, or that of your solicitors. Further, I believe it is a fact (in law) that if a person admits (and publishes) the commission of certain—shall we say— irregularities, the publication of an additional instance does not constitute grounds for redress. I submit this opinion as a layman; no doubt your solicitors will be able to advise you on the point. The evidence is contained in "Confessions" [The Confessions of Aleister Crowley] by Aleister Crowley published in 1929. (Col. 1 page 67).
Yours faithfully,
Elliot S. Darby
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