"TRUTH'S" TROUBLES.

NZ Truth, Issue 132, 28 December 1907, Page 4

"TRUTH'S" TROUBLES.

KELLY KLAMS KASH KONSO- ;-•■;;- LATION, And Gets One Farthing. In tbVSydney ' Supreme Court recently; the action m which Edward A. Kelly, president of the Sydney Wharf Laborers' .Union,' sued John -Norton,' proprietor of "Truth," 'riot, alleged ji-< bel, 'and. claimed'- £I ,OOO . ■damages, was' heard before Mr Justice Piirig and a jury. The case arose out of the recent New. South Wales elections, when M : r Norton successfully cqritest>ed the Darling Harbor seat as a pledged Labo.r candidate. Kelly took ! a leading part m opposing Mr Norton.- ■■ ■-■'■ .-■■. . ■■■■ : ■• ■ ■■■••■.-..; * T-he plaintiff alleged that -defendrant m his newspaper called "Truth," wrote and* published of him, m his position; 1 of Union-; President, thefollow,ing :~?"Wha.t Idid was to ; DENOUNCE NED KELLY, .... their chairman, as a scab m the days gphe by. Why did I bring up - that particular phase of this particular Ned> Kelly s career?. Because he had the infernal' inVpudence to charge me : with being an enemy of Labor. Let Kelly come. along with his writ ' against me, and I will, metaphorically speaking, hang him as high as Ha-, man: I will prove by the members of hisj own union that he blacklegged of gainst uttiori boilermakers at Ultimo power-house. I iwill further prove that he was practically a scab because, asaw'barf laborer, he handled cargo that had been handled by scab lumpers, and because at the time he did so"? he was a member- of the Wharf Laborers' Union. What : MORE SCURVY SCAB do you want than that ? . ' ■ „ After la hearing; which lasted three', days, the jury found, a verdict ; for plaintiff, and awarded one farthing damages/ Mtt Justice Pring refused to aUoW'an^ costs, and said ho ' thor- '< ougHly* .agreed with the' verdict. . : It ; flamai»:es* I vvere aVarrtod m such cases i h*>: courLs) woivlri viinpi v be - ■ flooded w ■•'-■ Mhi\ actions after each general de^liQii.". • •;" •■' ' ->■ ■:.. ■■-■ ...':