Agitation and the Internal Politics of British Communism, 1907-1977 - Volumes
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Legal papers from the Rex vs Pollitt libel case, 1927
Court papers from the Rex vs Pollitt libel case, which occurred over 11 days in November and December 1927. The trail was brought against Pollitt, Strudwick, and Beech, members of the National Minority Movement, by David Scott, a sailor who’d worked in the Soviet Union for three years before being imprisoned and deported. The defendants were alleged to have published libellous material trying to discredit Scott after he went public... Read more →
Papers from the bankruptcy case of Thomas Robert Strudwick, 1929
This bankruptcy trial was triggered by the £50 fine levied on Strudwick during the libel case of David Scott two years earlier (see volume 29). Read more →
Papers from the bankruptcy case of Richard Clyde Beech, 1929
The bankruptcy trial was triggered by the £50 fine levied on Beech during the libel case of David Scott two years earlier (see volume 29). Read more →
Papers from the Pollitt’s trial for sedition, 1934
Material from the trial in which Pollitt was accused of sedition for speeches delivered in Wales. Pollitt beat the charges and was acquitted. Read more →
