Show THC LIBEL CASE The case of W WI Browning against the Standard Publishing company I came to an abrupt ending yesterday morning Late the day before Judge Weber objected on the part of the defense de-fense to the taking of testimony on the ground tat the complaint did not state facts sufficient to constitute a cause of action if the article complained com-plained of and which was published in the Standard was taken as a whole I Judge Rhodes concluded the argument I In behalf of the plaintiff I I The article in question charged that I the Sun published by Browning had J lied and stolen and then referring to 1 the manager of the Sun the article I I said The Sun manager first stole I then lied then violated all laws of Journalism I In passing on the question raised I tlC court eaid that it was very QOUIK fui whether or not the language used I in the artiicle was libelous per se The taking of the presidents message could not be considered larceny Any I charge to be libelous must impute a I crime and if the stealing of a message cannot be classed as larceny then no I indictable crime is imputed The court cited 3 number of authorities upholding II uphold-ing this view and after ouoting these declared it was his opinion that the I article was not libelous per se and that the complaint did not state sufficient suf-ficient facts to constitute cause of action ac-tion and therefore granted thj rtTotion of defendant and instructed tho jury to bring in a verdict of no cause of action |