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Correspondence from Charles Harper [Waterhouse & Co., Solicitors for Constable & Co.] 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.]
Waterhouse & Co. Solicitors 10 & 12 Bishopsgate, London, E.C.2.
31st October 1932
1 Enc Second Letter
"LAUGHING TORSO"
Dear Sadleir,
Oddly enough since writing you this morning Crowley's solicitors have delivered the Statement of Claim and I enclose a copy of it.
You will notice that he brings a second libel, that about the disappearance of the baby in Sicily.
[Martin] O'Connor [solicitor for Nina Hamnett] has as you know a lot of material for "justifying" i.e. showing that the man is no better than he is made out to be. I propose to ask him to let me see his defence and particulars in draft before we deliver ours.
Yours sincerely,
Charles S.J. Harper
Michael Sadleir, Esq., Messrs. Constable & Co. Ltd., 10 & 12, Orange Street, Leicester Square, W.C.2.
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