Salt Lake Tribune | 1901-05-05 | Page 5 | Jealous of Its Privilege

JEALOUS OF ITS PRIVILEGE Heralds College Sues n Heraldic Office Firm for Libel Libel I London May IThat venerable in stltutiorr the Heralds college Is jealous of Its ancient privileges and has no I Intention of allowing them to lapse l I with the twentieth century William Henry Weldon Norroy King of Arms I has brought a curious libel suit aginst Ellis Marks proprietor of the British and American Heraldic office on the ground that Mr Marks In a circular to the Mayors of new municipalities applying for an order to provide them with 1 coatofarms Impugned the authority of the Heralds college Mr Marks said he could do for 15 I what they would charge 130 for doing The circular maintained that the colleges col-leges charter had lapsed and that it was in a bad way and bolstered up by falsehood I For expressing these sentiments Mr Marls was committed for trial Counsel Coun-sel for Norroy King of Arms Weldon averred that the Heralds college was I the only body which could legally grant bearings and was so old that It was almost lost in antiquity I transpires that the criticisms of the college were not very productive for the BritishAmerican concern stopped doing business in January