ALLEGATION OF DOPING
ENGLISH RACECOURSE ACTION. RETRIAL OF LIBEL CASE. By Telegraph—-Press Assn.—Copyright. 1 i.- ? London, March 22. The Court of Appeal allowed the appeal in the Chapman case, and a new trial was ordered regarding the publication by the news agencies and the> Times of the stewards’ decision warning off Chapman from the Newmarket course and disqualifying the horse Don Fat following alleged doping. The defendants peladed privilege as a justification. Their counsel contended that they never said that Chapman doped the horse. > Evidence was given that plaintiff had offered £5OO reward, and had employed a private detective to discover the doper, but had failed to locate him. The jury found that the words meant that Chapman was a party to the doping, and a verdict was given for £13,000 damages against the stewards ; and. Weatherbys, and a further £3OOO damages against all the defendants.
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Taranaki Daily News, 24 March 1932, Page 7
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