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A SLANDER CASE. [BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH-COPYRIGHT.] ASHBURTON, sth December.

At the District Court, before District Judge Haselden and a jury of four, William Comber Brown, mining engineer, Christchurch, and his wife, Louisa Brown, claimed £300 from Andrew Young, of Ashburton, and* his wife, Ellen Young, for slander, contained in a letter addressed to a Christchurch resident, in which it was alleged that plaintiffs left without paying board and residence due to Young, and that Mrs. Brown stole £2 while residing at Young's. . The jury awarded plaintiff £50 and costs (£ll 14s). "'

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Evening Post, Volume LXX, Issue 136, 6 December 1905, Page 6

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A SLANDER CASE. [BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH-COPYRIGHT.] ASHBURTON, sth December. Evening Post, Volume LXX, Issue 136, 6 December 1905, Page 6

A SLANDER CASE. [BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH-COPYRIGHT.] ASHBURTON, sth December. Evening Post, Volume LXX, Issue 136, 6 December 1905, Page 6