AN ACTION FOR SLANDER.
[by tr.i,k<:rap:f. —ow.v correspondent.] Dunemn, Friday. Ti;k pending slander action for £2030 damages by .Mr. Townsend v. D. Stewart, M.H.R., is exciting much comment in legal circles. Mr. Stewart le.t Melbourne yesterday. It is understood_tna writs will be issued immediately on jus ieturn. The chief cause of action is -/rStewart's statement in the Police Court Mr. McDermot touted for business. - 1 following is the letter of apology ?el» J Mr. Stewart two days ago,, winch - McDermot refused to accept.— f 0 end McDermot, Esq. With a desire ot t« niiiiatm; tlie unpleasantly which haii «• - between us, I beg to withdraw all the statements made by me < arc f* to your professional character, and to « mv regret that under a misapprehension Ot,, the facts in the heat of contested should have used Mr. Stout called and state "TT' M currerf in the c&c of Hyatt y. StwchM, wiicn it first came oil for hearing, ant . statements satisfied me that the I had received wis erroneous. DOWNIK STENVAKT."
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XVIII, Issue 6003, 12 February 1881, Page 4
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170AN ACTION FOR SLANDER. New Zealand Herald, Volume XVIII, Issue 6003, 12 February 1881, Page 4
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