John Dickens in the Witness Box: The Mirror of Parliament and a Case of Libel

[...]had a libel occurred - that is, were Lushington's remarks in the House justified? [...]although exonerating Walker from Lushington's charges of perjury and extortion, the trial, by failing to result in Lushington's conviction, had not produced the outcome wished for by the plaintiff. [...]the case against Lushington - this time framed as "The King versus Lushington" - was set to be heard again. Barrow was not able to provide them, and, the judge, agreeing with the defense's assessment of the case, therefore directed the jury to acquit the defendant. [...]Lushington, "in this curious way," as a contemporary report sardonically expressed it, "got off" for a second time.18 The verdict essentially ended the affair.