 Teacher and activist J. J. Kenneally sued Davies claiming the serials were plagiarisations of his book "Inner History of the Kelly Gang," published in 1929, and Davies' solicitors were forced to pay Kenneally compensation.Max Brown included Kelly's letter in full in his 1948 biography of Ned called "Australian Son".Brown was the first to call the document the 'Jerilderie Letter', which he introduced by saying