Apology to J.B. Jude (1859)

Post date: Mar 28, 2013 12:2:7 PM

Extract from Maidstone Telegraph 18th June 1859.

MR. W. FEATHERSTONE'S APOLOGY.

To Mr. J.B. JUDE, Brewer, Wateringbury.

I, the undersigned William Featherstone, of Wateringbury, in the County of Kent, Shoemaker, hereby admit that for several months last past at Wateringbury and other places, to various persons, I have used expressions towards you of a very slanderous character, and particularly in relation to matters connected with the Clubs held at the North Pole and Duke's Head Inns, I now publicly retract such expressions, and I further admit that what I said on the occasions referred to was wholly untrue, and that the charges I then made were without any foundation. I therefore beg to offer you sincere apology for having made such statements and charges, and I promise and undertake not to repeat on any future occasion, any expressions of slanderous character concerning you, and in consideration of legal proceedings being withdrawn, through the advice of my solicitor, consent to pay the costs connected herewith, and I further authorise you to make known this apology in any way you think proper, by publication in the newspapers or otherwise.

Dated this 4th day of June, 1859,

WILLIAM FEATHERSTONE,

Witness, HENRY D. WILDES.