Mr. George F. Richardson, in cross-examining the plaintiff, pointed ut that on June 22 both Mr: Toombs and a writer signing himself "Spectator" had written articles in the "Shanghai Times" about sports writers, criticizing their methods of welting about sports. "Later in evidence Mr. Toombs stated that he had not suffered any salary reduction a result of the defendant's article Aller the plaintiff left the witness box in the afternoon, Mr. Morang gave evidence. He said that he had never before been in a libel sult. He bore no ill-will toward the plaintiff. He stated that the article written by "Spectator" on June 22 might easily bbe assumed by defendant's readers to mean that the writer was referring to Joe Morang. He said, in regard. to Mr, 'Toombs' article on another page Jon the same day, that he saw no In regard (0 his own article he stated that he aid not see where it was untrue and that he had been sincere in writing it.
Other witnesses for the defence, Mr. Frank Burton and Mr, Randall Gaul festifed that they had checked the article in question before it went into the paper.
Final witness for the defence was Mr. George Bruce, publisher of the "Evening Post," who told the court that he had originally contracted. print and solicit advertising for Mr. Toombs' sports annual, but that the project had been abandoned in March fof this year.
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