BRADNEY V. VIRTUE.

Bush Advocate, Volume XXI, Issue 301, 24 June 1909, Page 5

BRADNEY V. VIRTUE.

A JURY'S DECISION REVERSED. [PRESS ASSOCIATION.] AUCKLAND, to-day. . Mr Justice Edwards reversed the finding of the jury in the slander case Bradney versus Virtue, in which plaintiff was awarded £25 damages for slander arising out of the Auckland Harbor Board election. In the Judge's opinion, defendant honestly believed he Avas performing a public duty by informing those promoting Bradney's election that the latter had committed perjury in a previous proceeding.