ALLEGED LIBEL.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 534, 15 June 1909, Page 9

ALLEGED LIBEL.

; -:>:'\"SET^BD"OOT ; OT V COURT. ■:. ; ' ... , ;.'tBI;TBIB5OBAPB-TPEESS./iBSOOUTION.Ji*-.'.: .'=':'.- >■' ■ ' "Cks i Duheflln,; June ' 14. ',' •;.A"'cas6; ; .set down for-Mr; Justice Williams arid a.-jury '.this, morning, 'wae- one'in -which' Robert.-. Hewitson, farmor, of Lovell's Flat, claimed , £200 damages from James publisher of lhe."Bruce Herald,", for alleged . libel.. ;I here; was; at. tho; time a' County. Coun-cil-electibn_<m! and;Mr.-Jasper. Clark, was : one; jof the ;canaidatea.';;Conberning his candidatureiy. a "letter ■ in '■'. the ''■ . "Bruce Herald," 1 signed.;: "Crichton. Siding :-Elec-t6rs,-'',:in which .sentences occurred which, it was.alleged, -seriously reflected on the character;:of •'Howitson'j' wh6\was'';snpportirig:.Mr. Clark's'/candidatee::'; "■"■'!. :~'v ../' • : •: , ; , ;,:- ■ \ ■■. ; . When "the 'caser.was "caljed on 'to-day' it was. stated i'tb'at a'settlement had been made) .dcfen'dantVagreemg to'pay'plaintiff ,£SO and ooste.and ,to print an. apology ;in.hie;paper;..■.Mγ. , : Solomon,. K.C., who appeared for tho .deferidant/isaid , -the : letter appeared,,without the;- latter's "knowledge,";ana . when ho was 'approached; he; offered, to': apologise and to make'remuneration;, to.; settle ■ the' affair,' but the ; amount'. offered_ was not considered suffi -, cent;, He felt;satisfied that , the allegations of misconduct were without: foundation, and defendant had,not .sought in'any way to de-fend'the/action.-v ■'.■':..' '" ■'"■ ■:'-" ■