WANGANUI LIBEL CASE
£IOO DAMAGES AWARDED
Press Association. —'lv Telegraph. WANGANUI, June 2. The Supreme Court was engaged all day hearing the Paterson v. Smythe libel case in which £2,000 is claimed. The jury retired at 9 p.m. and were out when the Telegraph Office closed at midnight. [On enquiry by telephone from the Wancanui Chronicle we were informed that 'the jury returned at 12.20 a.m. with a verdict for £loo.]
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Manawatu Times, Volume LXXVIII, Issue 12807, 3 June 1914, Page 5
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71WANGANUI LIBEL CASE Manawatu Times, Volume LXXVIII, Issue 12807, 3 June 1914, Page 5
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