Thursday, February 12, 1914
PUNISHMENT OF INFIRMARY B0YS:
DOCTOR’S LIBEL ACTION.
KEATS v. CONOLLY AND OTHERS.
(Before the LORD CHIEF JUSTICE of ENGLAND and a Special Jury.)
In this case Dr. William John Charles Keats, the medical superintendent of the Camberwell Infirmary, sued Mr. J. C. Conolly, the editor of the Dulwich Peckham and Camberwell Post, and the Dulwich Post (Limited) the printers of that paper, claiming damages for alleged libel.
Dr. Keats was the successful plaintiff in a libel action this sittings against Weekly Budget. (Limited), when he recovered £100. (Vide The Times of January 23 and 24.)
Mr. McCall, K.C., and Mr. A. Neilson appeared for the plaintiff.
Mr. J. C. Conolly appeared in person. There were three alleged libels. The first was contained in the issue of the newspaper for March 22, 1913, and was in these terms:
“GUARDIANS.
DR. KEATS’S CAT-OF-FIVE-TAILS.
FLOGGING CHILDREN IN THE INFIRMARY.