ACTION FOR STANDER.

Thames Advertiser, Volume XXVIII, Issue 8453, 12 June 1896, Page 2

ACTION FOR STANDER.

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An w;ihbegun iif tho .Supreme Court ibis morning before tl|o Chief Justice and a common jury of twelve, ; in which Alfred Crosscy, licensee of the Terminus Hotel, Cuurtenay Plaeo sued IJichawl Crabb, Temperance advocate, claiming £101 damages for sliiudor on' remarks said to liavo lieon by defendant on the tfnl of January fu addressing a crowd, at n st root corner, Tho lOiuarlyK wero to (ho olfect that tho houso was not conducted decently, and was frequented hv disreputable peoplo. These statements, plaintiff says, have injured his credit and reputation us an hotollioepor, Defendant in his filed defcnco donies in the liist place having made uso of tho words attributed to him, but adds that if he did use any of thorn tlicy had not tho meaning attributed by pluintilf, and wero not of a defamatory nature, but wero spokon lionostly and without malicious intent as a i;f public comment upon tho liquor trade in general, pd not upon plaintiff and the conduct of liu 1 uitel in particular, jili'Hsrs SkeiTott and Young appear for plain I ill! and iSir 3{. tflotit for defendant, J jA'l'Klf,

in I lie action Jit{aiii,st Craljb, tljo tcijiporaiicf! lecturer, the jury returned a throe-fourths verdict for the defendant, with costs according to scn'e.