SLANDER CASE ECHO
AWARD OF $D DAMAGES LEAVE TO APPEAL SOLO 111 (Per Press Association.) WELLINGTON. last night. An application was made to tin Court of Appeal by Reginald ( liarle; Hodtlie for leave to appeal in form; pauperis from the decision of Mr .Ins tiro Ostler, delivered in Wellington ui dune 27, IP.'!;!, wherein he was :iwurdc< i|d damages against dames Dieksoi Sievwriglil, in a claim fur £7OO fo alleged slander.
The application was opposed bv re spondent on the grounds that Hoddie was worth over £27 exclusive of wearing apparel. Mr C. 11. Weston, counsel for sippelliint, stated that the appellant had been obliged to ask his wife to livc with her relations and put the chil diea in tt liume. and he Imd |n live in a single room mi one meal per day. 11l lmd debts amounting In over .00(1. Hi only Assets were sim-k in trade, con sisting of bottles and labels in tin cltlorogcne syndicate, ami I lie good will of the said business. Mr 11. P. O’Leary, for respondent stated that the appellant’s interest in the syndicate alone was valued at well over £7O, and that appellant, was not a pauper within the Titles. The court then adjourned.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18204, 27 September 1933, Page 10
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