BEW v. UNION COMPANY AND MUIR.
TO TUB EDITOR OF THB EVENING POST. Sib— ln the above case, in which judgment was delivered yesterday, a great injustice has been perpetrated. The verdict is that the man Bow was illegally discharged, and therefore £6 dauuurea for wrongful dismissal was awarded ; but to get this amount, the plaintiff h&s been dragged through five adjournments at the instance of the defendants, a rich company'; and he ,'a poor man, without means, has been kept here fourteen weeks, during which time he dottld not employ himself, so that, though, he was right in bringing his action and obtains a Verdict in his favor, he ia -practically punished for being right by a loss of £8, besides Shaving to pay his passage to Melbourne! abd this is supposed to be, justice admiitfittired by a paid Magistrate. '^Ganntit this "be remedied by the public P r *HbV is th« mail to pay for his board and get back to Melbourne P . It isimpossible for him so to do. He-waslraffc in the performance of his duty; he was illegally dieob&rged ; and then he is punished further by being kept here fourteen weeks at his own expense. I am, &0., ' 0. Hbh3brt at ,
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Evening Post, Volume XXI, Issue 27, 3 February 1881, Page 3
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205BEW v. UNION COMPANY AND MUIR. Evening Post, Volume XXI, Issue 27, 3 February 1881, Page 3
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