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LAW OF LIBEL.-Some OF our contemporaries
have recently been discussing the law of libel in
this State, which they assail in no measured terms,
as unjust and defective in the extreme. Now, the
simple fact is, that all the mysteries, and injustice
and hardship of the law of libel in this State have
been introduced by the ignorance and lazness OF
the lawyers employed TO conduct libel suits In
every case, civil and criminal the truth can be CIV
en- in evidence, provided the pleadngs are managed
according to law and with such attention and skill
as to compel the Judges TO observe the law All
the decisions complained OF by Greey, Webb and
Weed, were, we have learned from the most in
telgent lawyers, the result of the inattention and
ignorance Of the lawyers employed to defend the
the suits, who neglected 10 press the right 10 give
the truth in evidence.


The great source of the evils complained of is in
the want OF knowledge OF what is called special
pleading on the part Of the lawyers who undertake
10 defend libel suits In many instances, il is true
,nferlor Judges have decided contrary to law; and
we have had recently in the inferior Courts of this
Judges have made erroneous decisions, which will
be reviewed by superior tribunals, and the Judges,
both of ward Courts and the Marine Court, who
have exhibited their ignorance, will be taught Bit
Ter lesson when the cases are reviewed. The law
oi libel IN this State, then, is at ALL in our udg-
ment, IN the condition represented by the Tribune
and other papers whose lawyers have been lazy or
TOO ignorant to conduct their cases with the proper
degree of skill and attention