Salt Lake Herald | 1890-11-15 | Page 1 | Miss Florence St. John

MJSS FLORENCE ST JOHN Obtains a Verdict for 100 Against the London Lon-don Truth for Saying Untruths Special to THE HERALD Examiner Cable 1S LONDON Nov 14Miss Florence St John sued tho Truth in the court Stf Queens bench yesterday for libel in having hav-ing asserted that she had procured her diamonds to be stolen and recovered by the police a an advertisement and to rouse a feeling of envy in the minus of the women of England The defendent denies the libel asserting it was written only in i jest The plaintiff said she had suffered sufered great annoyance through the paragraph i though not pecuniary loss The jury found a verdict for the plaintiff with iOO damages dam-ages Plaintiff said the money should be devoted to any charity the jury might L select