CLAIM FOR £l000.

Gisborne Times, Volume LX, Issue 9800, 9 May 1924, Page 5

CLAIM FOR £looo.

i ' ALLEGED SLANDER BY j JOURNALIST. j PALMERSTON N., May 8. In the Supreme Court an action was commenced in which Ernest Ball, +o- ; bacconist, of Foxton, claims from • John Knowles Hornldow, journalist, of Foxton, £IOOO damages for alleged ■ slander. jj The plaintiff alleges that in Wo- ‘ vember last the defendant in the i main street of Foxton, falsely and : maliciously spoke’and published con- ! corning plaintiff the following words : : “You are' a bookmaker, and are ; breaking the law every day”, such \ words meaning that plaintiff had com--1 mitted and was committing a cri- | minal offence. i The defendant denies that he spoke ’ and published concerning the plaintiff tho words complained of or similar 1 words, He denies also That tlie words ’ complained of have the meaning al- ’ leged, or anv defamatory meaning Further, if spoken by him, they were ■ true in substance and fact. j The evidence is proceeding. * Plaintiff, under cross-exaynination, 1 made an admission that be had been ) concerned in betting transactions and several witnesses evidenced making ‘ bets with him, and the jury found for j defendant.-i-P.A. ,