THE SPEIGHT v SYME ACTION.
The only point on which the jury gave a verdict in the Speight v Syme case was in reference to the libel on the plaintiff on what ii known at the " stores "count. Last week judgment was enteivd for the plaintiff on this count, and costs were allowed. Finality has not been reached, however, even in regard to this point. The defendant has notided that he will move the Full Court at the first opportunity to set the finding of the jnry aside, and order a Dew trial becan •■« tin- vHict was received by the ju<lg«v"ii January 2u«i, notwithstanding that the (. Jtirt could not sit on that day or at aaj time in January. A further ground of which notice ha 3 been given far uo*«t ting thu finding is that the -Court sat aflui- the long vacation had commenced on December 20th, which it is to be submitted on the defendant's behalf was illegal.
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Press, Volume LI, Issue 8726, 23 February 1894, Page 5
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