THE COOL RECEPTION.
G. B. AND JOHN A.—“SORRY WE CAN’T RECEIVE YOU CORDIALLY, MR. GALT; BUT—YOU SEE HOW IT IS.”
MASTER OF THE SITUATION
Mr. Justice Wilson, speaking from the Bench in the matter of Simpson vs. Wilkinson (a suit for libel which arose out of the publication of a letter from Hon. George Brown to Senator John Simpson, requesting a contribution to the Reform Election Fund), declared emphatically that the letter had been written for corrupt purposes. This Mr. Brown had repeatedly denied, offering to account for the expenditure of every cent contributed to the fund in question. The Judge’s repetition of the statement—which Mr. Brown contended had been actuated by political malice—threw the Globe into great fury, and the learned jurist was “handled without gloves” in several articles.
Grip, July 15th, 1876.
