TRAMWAYMEN DISAGREE.
CONDUCTOR SUES DRIVER.
ALLEGED LIBEL IN REPORT.
An action for £75 damages for alleged libel was brought before Mr. E. C. Cuttcn, S.M., in the Magistrate's Court yesterday by Thomas J. Nash, tramcar conductor (Mr. Waddingham), against Frederick Robinson, motorman (Mr. A. Moody). The action arose out of a report which the defendant made to the City Tramways Department in regard to the circumstances leading up to an assault upon him by the plaintiff, for which the latter was recently fined £1 in the Police Court. Tho words complained of were "Nash is always wanting to fight some one." William A. Rocklands, assistant traffic manager, in cross-examination, said he had heard that plaintiff was pugnacious. He was a new man, and had to be given a little latitude. Both witness and the plaintiff had served in the Navy. He had told Nash that the methods in use there would not do in the tramway service. The magistrate said the report on the assault was privileged, but if the rest of the report were untrue, the question was whether it was covered by privilege. Judgment was reserved.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LVII, Issue 17450, 21 April 1920, Page 8
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188TRAMWAYMEN DISAGREE. New Zealand Herald, Volume LVII, Issue 17450, 21 April 1920, Page 8
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