ACTION FOR LIBEL.
REV. J.' K. ARCHER'S CLAIM. JURY AWARDS £50 DAMAGES. [BY TBLEGBAPH. —PBESS ASSOCIATION.] WELLINGTON, Tuesday. In the Ebel action the Rev. J. K. Arches versns the New Zealand Times, in which the plaintiff claimed £1500 damages, the jury found that the statements in the leading article to the effect that the plaintiff was a revolutionary communist were defamatory, while the balance of the editorial was fair comment on the statements made by the chancellor of the New Zealand University, Sir Robert Stout. \ The plaintiff was awarded £50 damages and costs on the lowest scale.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LVIII, Issue 17802, 8 June 1921, Page 6
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97ACTION FOR LIBEL. New Zealand Herald, Volume LVIII, Issue 17802, 8 June 1921, Page 6
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