'Black Magic' Brings Lawsuit for Libel
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Nevada State Journal - Reno, Nevada
April 14, 1934
April 14, 1934
LONDON, April 13 -- (UP) -- Magic, black or otherwise, today failed to help Aleister Crowley, author, in his libel action against Miss Nina
Hamnett, based on passages in her book, "Laughing Torso."
The case was decided for the defendant in the suit after lurid testimony which ended suddenly when the jury indicated it had heard sufficient.
Justice Swift in addressing the jury commented:
"Never have I heard such dreadful, horrible, blasphemous, abominable stuff as that produced by this man describing himself as the greatest
living poet."
Crowley's suit was based on the charge that the book imputed he practised "black magic."
Hamnett, based on passages in her book, "Laughing Torso."
The case was decided for the defendant in the suit after lurid testimony which ended suddenly when the jury indicated it had heard sufficient.
Justice Swift in addressing the jury commented:
"Never have I heard such dreadful, horrible, blasphemous, abominable stuff as that produced by this man describing himself as the greatest
living poet."
Crowley's suit was based on the charge that the book imputed he practised "black magic."
