LIBEL ACTION
JURY AWARDS £100 DAMAGES
The libel action in which Ada Prances Walker claimed £1000 damages from Andrew Phillips, and his wife, Olive Phillips, of Westport, was concluded before Mr. Justice. MacGregor and a jury in the Supreme Court to-day.
The plaintiff claimed that her moral character had been defamed in letters, which, she alleged, were written by the defandant, Olive Phillips. After an hour's retirement the jury awarded the plaintiff £100, and judgment was entered accordingly. Mr. P. W. Jackson appeared for tha plaintiff and Mr. H. F. O'Leary for the defendant.
The consumption of electricity on the North American continent has increased during the past 14 years from 17,000,00g to 45.000,000 horse-power.
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Evening Post, Volume CXIII, Issue 127, 2 June 1927, Page 10
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115LIBEL ACTION Evening Post, Volume CXIII, Issue 127, 2 June 1927, Page 10
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