ALLEGED SLANDER

Otago Daily Times, Issue 21984, 20 June 1933, Page 8

ALLEGED SLANDER

CONCLUSION OF HEARING COURT RESERVES JUDGMENT. (Per United Press Association.) WELLINGTON. June 19. The hearing was concluded to-day of the action by Reginald Charles Boddie, who is claiming in the Supreme Court £2500 for alleged slander from James Dickson Sievwright. The alleged slanders are said to have been made by the defendant concerning the plaintiff’s transactions in regard to a certain chemical formula. Mr Evans-Scott, for the plaintiff, said that Sievwright’s evidence' was contradictory, and yet the court was asked to rely on that to estab'ish beyond doubt that Boddie was a dishonest rogue. He said that the defendant’s refusal to withdraw aggravated the damages. Counsel held that the case was one in which vindictive damages should be awarded. There had not been admissible evidence proving that Boddie had a generally bad reputation. Mr Justice Ostler said he would give judgment at the conclusion of another case to-morrow, in which Boddie and his wife were seeking redress from certain other members of the Chlorogene Company, Ltd.

The claim is based on the alleged wrongful forfeiture of rights in a syndicate.