His Lordship, in giving his decision, said the question as to when ther the words complained of were libellous was always a question of law for the Court, and it was the duty of tthe Court to withdraw a case from the jury if in the Court's opinion the words could not bear any libellous meaning. No innuendo had been added to the words in the pleadings and no special meaning had been put on the words. It was not now sugested that Mr. Dearn was a professional. In order to be libellous, words must injure a man's reputation, and bring him into public ridicule and contempt. In this case the only meaning the words conveyed was that Mr. Dearn was a professional, whereas ju fact he was not. Accordingly, His Lordship could not see how the words could come within the
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.