ALLEGED SLANDER.
SPECIAL JURY GRANTED. CASE AGAINST SIR WILLIAM LYNE. SYDNEY, March 5. In connection with the slander action W. and A. McArthur and Co. v. Sir William Lyne, claiming £SOOO damages, application was made on behalf of plaintiffs for a special jury of twelve. Counsel for defendant opposed the application, and asked that the case be tried before a common jury. The Chief Justice, in delivering the unanimous judgment of the Court granting a special jury, said if any case heard in the State for many years required a special jury it) was this, one side being a leading firm of merchants and the other Federal Minister of Customs. The Minister was alleged to have charged the firm with gross fraud in selling goods under false pretences. If the Minister’s charge was brought home to plaintiffs it would effectually damage their character for all time as a firm. The heaving of the case lias been fixed for the 19th inst.
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New Zealand Mail, Issue 1774, 7 March 1906, Page 31
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161ALLEGED SLANDER. New Zealand Mail, Issue 1774, 7 March 1906, Page 31
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