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“In retrospect it is scarcely believable that insulting letters passing between obscure people in a small town should result in four assize trials and two Court of Criminal Appeal hearings, and claim the time of a distinguished Scotland Yard officer, the Director of Public Prosecutions, and the senior Treasury Counsel.”

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Book:The Littlehampton Libels: A Miscarriage of Justice and a Mystery about Words in 1920s England

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