Transcribed by Susan Bergeron. Geo. News Chronicle Saturday, February 8th, 1941 SITWELLS Demand £500 each Mr. Justice CASSELS is likely to give judgment on Monday in the libel action brought by Miss Edith SITWELL and her brothers, Osbert and Sacheverell. He ruled yesterday that the publication complained of (in "Reynolds News") was capable of a defamatory meaning. Mr. Daniel MacMILLAN director of MacMILLANS, the publishers, giving evidence, said he did not agree that oblivion had claimed the SITWELLS. Great Profit. "If my firm had thought that oblivion was falling upon Sacheverell they would not have continued to publish his books with great profit and considerable success" he added. Mr. G. D. ROBERTS K.C. (for defendants) showed Mr. MacMILLAN a photograph which he said showed the three SITWELLS posing outside the Law Courts and suggested: "It rather looks as if publicity surrounding this action is sweet." Mr. MacMILLAN agreed that the picture showed that the SITWELLS were not diverting their faces. Mr. John J. WILSON, bookseller, of Oxford Street, W., replying to Mr. Roberts, agreed that the SITWELLS had employed methods a little strange. One was that of Miss Edith SITWELL when, behind a mask, she recited her poems to an audience at the Eolian Hall. Recalled to the witness-box, Mr. Osbert SITWELL denied that he or his sister and brother posed for a newspaper photograph the previous day. "Waste of Time" Mr. ROBERTS, after stating that no evidence would be called for the defence, said the SITWELLS had demanded £500 each, which counsel suggested, was farcical and exorbitant. He submitted that the action was a waste of time. Mr. G. O. SLADE, for the SITWELLS, asked for damages that would mark to the whole world that the imitation against them was without foundation. The hearing was adjourned. .....