COURT’S AWARD
DAMAGES FOR LOSS OF BUSBAND United Press Association— By Electric Tel egra ph —Copyright CAPETOWN, December 6. Mrs Hermann and her baby son were each awarded £5OO. [A previous message stated: The Capetown correspondent of "The Times” states that the most remarkable civil action in South Africa has opened in the Supreme Court. Mrs Fanny Hermann is suing James William Hodgson for £3OOO damages, alleging the murder of her husband, a pawnshop manager. Hodgson was acquitted on the murder charge, and the widow instituted a civil action on the allegation of unlawful killing.]
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Timaru Herald, Volume CXLV, Issue 21215, 9 December 1938, Page 9
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95COURT’S AWARD Timaru Herald, Volume CXLV, Issue 21215, 9 December 1938, Page 9
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