DAMAGES FOR LIBEL.
£IOOO TO UNIONIST CANDIDATE. LBy Electric Telegraph—Copyright] [United Press Association.] London, May 29. Mr George Balfour, an engineer's employee, and the Unionist candidate for Govan (Lancashire), at the last election, sued the Glasgow Daily Record and Mr Ben Tillett for libel. It was alleged that Mr Tillett circulated amongst the newspapers allegations that on Mr Balfour rested the responsibility for a strike. The case was settled by the payment of a £IOOO damages.
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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVI, Issue 22, 30 May 1913, Page 8
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76DAMAGES FOR LIBEL. Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVI, Issue 22, 30 May 1913, Page 8
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