A STATESMAN LIBELLED.
i —. — 9 — NEWSPAPERS PAY UP. (nv TEt.nGitAi'ii —I'uess association—corvitianr.) Londcn, March 12.' The weekly newspaper "People" lias apologised and agreed to pay £101)0 damages for libelling tlie Right lion. D. Llo.vd-G'corgo (Cliancellor of the Exchcnuor). The paper alleged that Sir. Lloyd-ficorgo had paid twenty thousand pound:; to avoic being cited in a divorce suit. The weekly, paper "Bystander" also apolo gised and paid .£'3oo to charity in connec tion with a similar libel. MR, LLOYD-GEOiTGFTN THE WITNESS BOX. ... (Roc. March M, 4.30 p.m.) London, March 13. : Counsel for the newspaper ''People" tciU dored an unqualified apologv, and accepted Mr. Lloyd-George's terms as to tho .verdict. Mr, I/loyd-Gcorgo entered tho witness box ■and said thero was not the slightest foundation for any of tho statements matlo by tlif "People." Tho Judgo considered that Mr. LloydGeorgo had acted with extreme 'moderation.
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Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 456, 15 March 1909, Page 5
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142A STATESMAN LIBELLED. Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 456, 15 March 1909, Page 5
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