"TICKLING HIS PALM !"
. ; GOVERNMENT VALUER'S LIBEL ACTION. [BY TELEGRAPH.PRESS ASSOCIATION.] - Gisdorne, Thursday. r ,T 3° Gisborne sitting of the Supreme > U > to-day, 0. F. Lewis, Government jaiuer proceeded against W. H. Spurrell OT 4,510 damages fo libel. Defendant is ■ a member of ie Waimata Road Board. . a Meeting, Spurrell was alleged to have Spurrell, honest man, did not cart ic Government valuer about and tickle palm to get the value lowered." , __ defendant's counsel said, that juries 0U ' lave a lot to do if Government ofliup all that was said at such meet- , j n SS- He submitted this was a privileged ' ° C^ 3 ' on ) and asked for a nonsuit. <■: . Ihe Judge said it was a matter for . a , Jury to decide whether it was a privileged - ; . , occasion. He would reserve his ruling as iii w hetlier "tickling his palm" meant ac"j."'. , cepting a bribe. If the meeting was privileged it would have to be shown that the . .s< Words were used as a matter of duty: A % ->MX] —
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 13490, 17 May 1907, Page 5
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