A LIBEL SUIT.
VERDICT FOR DEFENDANT.
(BY TELEGRAPH.—PRESS ASSOCIATION.)
.: INVEKGARGH.Li this (Jay. ; In the Supreme Court on Saturday W..H. Palmer, lately of the B. M. Court am£ j Licensing Bench at Gore, sought to recover ; £2,soodamages for libelagainst J..G. Fraser, j editor of the "Southern Standard." The,; libel;' consisted: iii certain cqmments in, ■ connection with a scene in the Gore Court-house; (-between L- the : i>Ma^or and; two other justices, and," the fact ,'thafe I a report from the police) objecting to the (planting- of a license was not produced. afc the proper time. For the defence it was ield that the cornr^ents were fair and hoiieak and made in the public interest. The jury; returned a verdict for defendant, with' cOSfe.
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Auckland Star, Volume XIX, Issue 195, 20 August 1888, Page 5
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121A LIBEL SUIT. Auckland Star, Volume XIX, Issue 195, 20 August 1888, Page 5
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