Charge of Slander Against a Convent.

Auckland Star, Volume XVIII, Issue 174, 26 July 1887, Page 5

Charge of Slander Against a Convent.

In the Supreme Court in Banco, at Hobart, Mr Collins, on behalf of the Rev. Mr Price, of Launceston, appeared to show the cause why a rule nisi—calling upon Mr Price to show cause why a criminal information should not be filed against him—should not be made absolute An affidavit by Mr Price was read, in which that gentleman specifically disclaimed any intention of irreverence toward the Nuns of the Presentation Convent, Launceston, its inmates or anyone associated with it or any kindred institution in Tasmania. Mr Miller, counsel for the convent, accepted this explicit retraction, and consented to a withdrawal. Tho Chief Justice said that, without expressing an opinion in this as to the practice or law, he was glad to see the matter settled without the further intervention of the Court. He was pleased with Mr Price's frank disavowal, he said, and hoped that the present proceedings would act in future as a check to those disposed to pen productions similar to that which had led to these proceedings. Christian bodies, said his Honor, should act with Christian forbearance. The rule was discharged.