CHARGE OF LIBEL.
(press association tfxeoram.)
AUCKLAND, June 15.
A case of alleged criminal libel came before Mr T. Hutchison, S.M., at the Police Court. Joseph Partington, miller, and Geo. E. Bentley, journalist, were charged on the information of Jas. Wilkinson, that they did, unlawfully and maliciously, write and publish, and cause, to bo written and published, certain false scandalous and defamatory libels. The alleged libel was contained in a pamphlet called " The Story of the Old Mill," referring to a mill in Symonds street. The defendants were committed for trial. Bail was allowed.
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Press, Volume IV, Issue 10064, 16 June 1898, Page 5
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