Accounts of. the marvellous: bribes Mr. Hooley is said to have offered help to fill up the papers during the -otherwise dull season. Denials are still the order of the day; every charge made by.the bankrupt seems so far to be met either with absolute denial some sort of explanation which throws an entirely different light on the.transaction; but so far neither side seems to be provided with many proofs; it is just word against word. In the end it seems that some one must be prosecuted for perjury but at present it is uncertain who the some one will be, Sir Edward Clarke, who appeared for Lord Delawarr in the Law Courts on Tuesday characterised Mr. Hooley's statement as "'mere reckless inveracity," an expression that struck me as being #0 uncommon as to deserve record-
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