BLENHEIM, December 10.
Ai the Supreme Court yesterday, omos against Kerrm, Goff, and Gorrie, for cattle stealing, and Yates, for assault with intent on a young girl, were dismissed. At the sitting of the Court this morning, R. E. Earl v. Dogherty, for libel, Mr Travers appeared for the defendant. He made a special plea, stating the allegations in the libel to be true, and that Earl actually seduced his niece, and had had intercourse with her during the past two yoars; ami further, that the alleged libol was made with the view of having the allegations inquired into for the public benefit.
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North Otago Times, Volume XXVIII, Issue 2371, 11 December 1879, Page 2
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