14 DECEMBER 1918, Page 3

On Thursday week Mr. Godfrey Isaacs failed in his appeal

for a fresh trial of his action against Sir Charles Hobhouse. The Court held that there had been no misdirection of the original trial by Mr. Justice Darling. It will be remembered that the issue in the original trial, as stated by the Judge, was whether Mr. Isaacs or Sir Charles Hobhouse was wilfully lying. The decision was that the lies had not been told by Sir Charles Hobhouse. We presume that the case has now been laid before the Publics Prosecutor.