ALLEGED SLANDER. UNKNOWN
At the Dim net Court, before Judge ITa-flde'i H<nry B. Coles sued John M Kenzie bookmaker, for £150 for alleged .aland* i. The action originated through a lx- J t me transaction It waa alleged that after the Bulls race^ defendant owed £9£ i for h t^. He r/'fusec] to piy on the ground that had plaii'tiff 10-t he would not have bcon ab'p to i)? \. Defendant also made a statement t'vit plaintiff had several lOU's about town. Plaintiff emphatically denied ever gn incr an IOU. Hie Honor remarked on the peculiar circumstances that both parties had betted for months preliously and defendant had never taken the trouble earlier to inquire into plaintiff"-* financial position. ITie iurv found a \< rdiet for plaintiff for £50 damage*. Co«ts will be awarded to-morrow.
Through a 20ft speaking tiuinpet a man's -\oice has been hcaid at a distance of three mil^a.
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Otago Witness, Issue 2762, 20 February 1907, Page 17
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150ALLEGED SLANDER. UNKNOWN Otago Witness, Issue 2762, 20 February 1907, Page 17
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