Show no legal meaning to the term Blach blackmail atall 1 lu tho the kings bench division london before justice und and a special jury horatio bottomley was further cross examined in his bis libel action against hurst blackett Dlack elt publishers Ils bers and henry james tiou houston ston formerly employed by him hani bottomley compla complained ined that he had been accused of blackmail in a book the real horatio bottomley Bottom lcy written by houston and published by hust hurst blackett who pleaded justification fi and contended that sir not hot had signed a document in d houston against libel tho the foreman of tile the jury asked justice horridge the legal meaning of blackmail as some of the jurors did not seem to understand it it it Is a well known english term replied justice If and I 1 should have thought you would have given your own meaning to it there Is no legal meaning to it from tile the Contin entell edition of the london dally mall |