ALLEGED LIBEL.
HAWERA, Fefaruaiy 8
la the District Court yesterday the libel action Thomas v. Judd was heard. The defendant’s son was caned by the plaintiff, master of the State School at Eltham, the result being bruises, which led the defendant to move for an inquiry by the School Committee. The Committee decided that the punishment vas not excessive for the offence of disobedience, but the resolution, which was afterwords published in a newspaper, did not state the nature of tbe offence, and the defendant said he wrote to the paper in explanation, so that the public might not be left with toe impression that the boy had been guilty of something more serious. In the letter he made use of the word “brutality,” and this was the subject of the action. The medical evidence was that toe punishment was not brutal, and the Judge held that the letter was not privileged. The jury found for the defendant, with* costs (£4O) against the plaintiff. Mr Skcrrett notified that he would move for a nevl trial on the ground that the verdict was against the weight of evidence.
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Evening Star, Issue 11677, 8 February 1902, Page 6
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187ALLEGED LIBEL. Evening Star, Issue 11677, 8 February 1902, Page 6
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