ALLEGED ATTEMPT TO EXTORT MONEY.
[BY TELEGRAI'H. —PRESS ASSOCIATION".] Dun'Edik, Monday. At the Supreme Court to-day Mrs. Frances McNaughton sought to recover £210 damages from J. H. Stephenson, auctioneer, for alleged slander. The plaintiff is a charwoman, and had been cleaning up the defendant's house when he missed two £10 notes. According to her version, he called next day with another man, and said he had missed money from his desk, that she was the only person in his room, and therefore she had stolen it. In consequence she had been unable to get other work. For the defence, the evidence went to show that when Stephenson called he merely informed her of the money having been lost, and asked her if she had seen anything of it. He had informed the police without mentioning anyone as the thief. The defendant's counsel contended it was an attempt to extort money, and the jury gave a verdict for Stephenson.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XXV, Issue 9180, 9 October 1888, Page 5
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