Clark v. Haggen.
The Chief Justice's Charge.
By Telegraph—Press Association. \Y ELLINGTON, This Day. Tn charging the Grand Jury yesterday the Chief Justice referred to" the indictment for criminal libel against K. A. Haggen, of the Woodville Kxcininer, on a charge preferred by .1. P. Clark, of Pahiatua, in connection with certain poisoning cases in that district. There seemed to be no dispute about the publication. The jury would have to consider whether the published matter was defamatory, and for this purpose they would have to consider whether the article conveyed to tiie minds of ordinary persons a charge that Clark was the person who put poison into food partaken of by certain persons at Pahiatua, who soon afterwards displayed all the symptoms of poisoning, and two of whom died. Although an article might begin by stating the writer’s disbelief in the charge, yet the article might be so worded as to convey to the minds of readers the fact that such a charge was made. Justification could only be a plea, and it must then be shown that not only was the article true in its statements, but also that it was published in the public interests.
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Pahiatua Herald, Volume I, Issue 82, 1 December 1893, Page 2
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198Clark v. Haggen. Pahiatua Herald, Volume I, Issue 82, 1 December 1893, Page 2
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