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The Missing Witness? George V, Competence, Compellability and the Criminal Libel Trial of Edward Frederick Mylius.

A criminal libel trial in 1911 set the monarch against one of his subjects. Edward Mylius repeated a rumour that accused King George V of marrying Queen Mary when – secretly – the King had previously married someone else and had three children. The criminal charge, the process used to bring the issu...

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Published in:Journal of Legal History Vol. 33; no. 2; pp. 209 - 240
Main Author: Callender Smith, Robin
Format: Article
Published: Taylor & Francis Ltd Aug2012
Subjects:
Criminal trials
Libel & slander
Mylius, Edward Frederick
Indictments
Justice ministers
Churchill, Winston, Sir, 1874-1965
Fair trial
Monarchy
Criminal complaints
United Kingdom
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