DON PAT CASE APPEAL
Advice from England states that an appeal has been entered at the High Court by the stewards of the Jockey Club (Lord Ellesmere, Lord Harewood and Lord Eosebery) and Messrs. Weatherby and Sons against the verdict of a special jury and the judgment of Mr. Justice Honidge in the King's Bench Division m a libel action brought by Mr. Charles Chapman, the racehorse trainer, who was awarded a total of £16,000 damages in what is now known as the Don Pat case' It is also reported that-'at a meetiii" of the Jockey Club Lord Derby proposed and Major H. T. Barclay seconded the following resolution, which was unaiiimously; passed by the club: "That this meeting of the Jockey Club desires to Place- on record its, unabated confidence in the stewards of the Jockey Club who were concerned in the case of Chapman v Ellesmere and others." ' :
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Evening Post, Volume CXIII, Issue 33, 9 February 1932, Page 6
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150DON PAT CASE APPEAL Evening Post, Volume CXIII, Issue 33, 9 February 1932, Page 6
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