LITTLE TATTLE.

Marlborough Express, Volume XLIII, Issue 120, 19 May 1909, Page 5

LITTLE TATTLE.

A CHARGE THAT FAILED

[press association.] ATJCKLAND,vMay 19. A .slanderfaction for £501 damages, :hroiight by Dr. Stewart against l>r. Bewes and his wife, was settled amic.ably. ' All the parties live at Tau,ranga, and defendants were deceived by statements of a servant girl into accusing plaintiff' of molesting her. The girl ultimately confessed that her statements were .untrue, and the case was settled by defendants apologising and paying the costs of the case.