A LIBEL ACTION.
(Per Ukitbd Press Association.)
WELLINGTON, April 20.
Mr Justice Edwards had before him today a libel action for £501,, by Michael Higgins, against the Evening Post. Higgins, who described himself as a. bookmaker, was fined for loitering, and the Post, in a paragraph recording the fact, used the word " loafer," which the plaintiff alleges is a reflection on him. The plaintiff did not give evidence. Mr Justice Edwards said according to the dictionary definition the meaning of a "loafer" was a man who bad been twice convicted of loitering. Plaintiff could not very well complain of the term. The jury, after five minutes' retirement, gave a verdict for defendant, with costs., .
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 11403, 21 April 1899, Page 5
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114A LIBEL ACTION. Otago Daily Times, Issue 11403, 21 April 1899, Page 5
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