Ingram v Lawson
| Jurisdiction | England & Wales |
| Judgment Date | 14 November 1838 |
| Date | 14 November 1838 |
| Court | Court of Common Pleas |
English Reports Citation: 132 E.R. 1029
IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS
See S. C. 6 Bing. (N. C) 212.
ingbam v. lawson. Nov. 14, 1838. [See S. C. 6 Bing. (N. C.) 212.] Libel. Plaintiff's ship being advertised for freight and passengers, Defendant published that she was unseaworthy, and had been bought by Jews to take out convicts. Justification as to the whole, that the allegation of unseaworthiness was true, Held insufficient. The declaration stated, that the Plaintiff was owner of a certain ship called the "Larkins," and the master and commander thereof, and the said ship being in the East India Docks, in London, the Plaintiff intended, and was about to sail within three months, in and with the said ship from London to Madras and Culcutta; and had advertised for freight and passengers on the 31st of October 1837, when the Defendant, with a view to cause it to be suspected that the ship was sold to Jews to take out convicts, and was unseaworthy and unfit for the reception of goods or freight, or 1030 REID V. CROFT 5 BING. (N. C.) 67. passengers of respectability, published in the Times newspaper, of and concerning the ship and the Plaintiff, the following libel:-"To the Editor of the Times.-Sir, I think no apology necessary for troubling you with the following statement; I have but one motive for giving publicity to the communication. I overheard a servant on our establishment remark to one of his fellow servants, that his old ship had returned to England at last, but that the captain had been forced to put in at the Cape, and [67] procure twenty additional hands to pump the ship to enable her to complete her passage; but he understood the Jews had bought her, to take out convicts. With the recollection of the dreadful loss of life which, in several instances, has occurred from ships not seaworthy being employed for such purposes, I was induced to question the man, and learn that the ship's name is the "Larkins." I think the captain's name is Ingram, late in the East India service. He tells me the voyage before last, when he was on board, they were obliged to pump every two hours all the way from Calcutta; and on this last voyage she was constrained to obtain the additional hands I have stated, to keep the ship...
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