CRIMINAL LIBEL ACTION.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XVIII, Issue 3122, 12 May 1892, Page 3

CRIMINAL LIBEL ACTION.

r^^ (PEB PHE3S ASSOCIATION.) .; i--/o:; ' .SIiINHEIM, May 11. The following is the substance of the oritaiwAi libel aotion brought against ' Mr. Card, proprietor ©ftftae'Pioton Press, by Mr,.^. S. Staite, aolioitor, of Havelock i^JYWeas^utfOTntetHm hath been 11 '■' laia^eWpdne/b^ Her Majesty's Jub■W'fißto olWPeacti in.aix for the colony of New Zealand 'for. that yon, the eaid Alfred Thoftfaa Oard^id unlawfully and malicioaaly write, print; and publish, and cause and;pF_o.cura to be written and published a certain' false, scandalous and malicious libel of and ; concerning one Win. Sydney gtaite, the informant, in the Marlboroujjh Preßß, 1892, as follows : , " Would that Havelookwere rid of an lotoleiable nuisance 1 ; uV the same way. We. have^loiig, 'suffered' annoyanoes of, everyaeßoriptionfromabeingiol a genufl man, who, whea;his.<flUhy flesh pot is fall to thfthnm C|f alcpholio fluidß, poors forth 1 a korrerit t pf expletivea, in a voice that could soaVoelj be called up-tonio, but more t,h6 Bemblatice of a jftokass intoning shia evening pttliyer:' When he ib comparatdvalytsbbet he-lA^seii into a maudlin and pitiful state of sentimentality which, rtqgether delapi- ' rfated 'appearanoes make him .offensive even to those ,not easily moved at anythiny of a Bickening nature. He does . >oot object to, Bleep ,in a stable, pig stye, I or drain pipe, "and ddes not believe in %, Peat's Boap.''^He' nleanaers about in a i i^&oat'.aiinlefla: manner, sustaining himself with an oooaeional cigarette.. One cannot • . enter, the hotels to, write, read,' think, play ' ', cardel r , without being inter- '■* by 1 tbje p miserable wretob, who '^^inoesßantfy importunes for drink, matohea. or tobaco?, until somedne, to get rid ot hiß . ' lodtbflome prißebce, give's him perhaps all three. At the banquet, /ball, or concert he is the same intolerable nuisance." Being an indictable offence,' .tbe./preliminary inquiry will be held at thefiavelook E.M. Oonrfc on^edneßday^ , > WELJiINGTON* May 11. A Havelook telegraaito thePoat, stateß that the criminal li^el «otion--Btaite v. • Card (proprietor of the Picton' PressJ— has j been withdrawn, thß defendant having dis':.«tdsed r thg name of tqe! writer of the letter rigned " Arcanum," and ' consented to $febji& fticoinplete ikpology in.biB pfcpw, ' 'm-iuß paper, and piy cbatß. An aettqn wiUJat'onoe be taken ttßainßt;th(i; writer ot the defamatory letter byoriminalproceedingß or by .an aotion for. damages. <

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