SLANDER CLAIM BY SPIRITUALIST.
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* The Supreme Court at Wellington was occupied, to-day hearing a. claim by John Pa<m. of the Wellington Spiritualist Church, a gain si Margaret Stables for £5Ol damages for dlnn'der, allegedly spoken and published by defendant in the words : ‘ The police bold a letter now that will send John Pave to gaol.” Plaintiff maintained that bo “had been brought-into public scandal, hatred, and contempt.” James Toomath, an officer ot tho Spiritualist iriovemont, gave evidence sis to tho usq of tho words by uefondant, she using the words on May 5 in conversation with ono Audcrton, a Spiritualist lecturer.—Press Association.
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Evening Star, Issue 18052, 21 August 1922, Page 8
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105SLANDER CLAIM BY SPIRITUALIST. Evening Star, Issue 18052, 21 August 1922, Page 8
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