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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.
6th December 1932
LAUGHING TORSO
Dear Sadleir,
The defence was delivered on the 2nd and I enclose a copy. You will remember that it was decided to be one of justification, that is, affirming that the passages complained of are true. The defence is therefore on those lines.
Although settled in consultation with our leader Hilbery, the practice is for the junior counsel alone to sign the pleadings, hence the sole signature of Lilley.
Yours sincerely,
Charles S.J. Harper
Michael Sadleir, Esq., 10 & 12, Orange Street, Leicester Square, W.C.2.
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