ACTION FOR LIBEL.
£1000 DAMAGES. By Toletrraph—Press Assoeiition-Oonyrliht (Rec. March 24, 7.45 p.m.) Sydney, March 24. The jury awarded Captain Strachan £1000 damages against the "Herald" for libel. , ' The Chief Justice, in summing up, said it did not matter how fair a newspaper was in opening its columns to two disputants in the publication of their versions side by side, such fairness did not shield a newspaper from" an action at law should a defamatory statement be contained in what was' published. A court of law ; was the only tribunal which was given privilego for. statements of a serious naturo for and against.
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Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 775, 26 March 1910, Page 5
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103ACTION FOR LIBEL. Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 775, 26 March 1910, Page 5
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