ACTION FOR LIBEL.
COUNTY ENGINEER’S CLAIM. VERDICT FOR £375. Hamilton, Sept. 23. The case of Charles Robert Pohnscn v. Charles Manuel, claim £750 damages for libel, has been concluded. The alleged libel was a statement made by defendant reflecting on the professional reputation of plaintiff as an engineer. The whole morning was occupied by the judge’s summing-up. He ntliec.tt. d that he should give damage: on each of three sections of tin claim : Making the statement alleged tn tb.e Borough Council £250; repeating the statement to reporters. £250 : causing the statement to tie published in Te Arolia papers, £250. The damages should be reasonable, but net punitive, as the injury was hypothetical. Though there was no personal malice in the statement, legal malice had been established, bixteen issues were submitted to me jury, who m their verdict found defendant was actuated by malice, and awarded plaintiff £25 for the statement in the council, £lOO for the statement to reporters, and £250 for causing the statement to be published in newspapers. Costs are i-.ot yet assessed, but will be verv hea- v.
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Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume II, Issue 253, 28 September 1912, Page 3
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181ACTION FOR LIBEL. Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume II, Issue 253, 28 September 1912, Page 3
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