ACTION FOR MALICIOUS PROSECUTION.
[by telegraph.—press association.] W Ellington, Thursday. In the Supreme Court this afternoon, the case H. R. Stapleton v. J. Smith, claiming £600 for alleged malicious prosecution, was heard. The plaintiff, a draper's assistant, was formerly employed in To Aro House, owned by the defendant, and the latter, missing an umbrella, charged Stapleton with having it in his possession, and obtained a search warrant against him. The evidence showed that the umbrella had been purchased at a clothing establishment in Wellington. No evidence was called by the defendant, who paid £25 into Court as ample compensation. After twenty minutes discussion, the jury returned a verdict for £.)00, costs being fixed according to scale. An application will be made to stay execution, as it is intended to move for a. new trial, on the grounds that the damages are excessive.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XXV, Issue 9141, 24 August 1888, Page 5
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