SUPREME COURT.
OHRISTCHURCH, August 31. The Supreme Court has been occupied for two days in hearing the case iv which Elizabeth Ann ' Eaddon sued Frederick Vivian Eockett for ,£5Ol damages for Lreach of promise of. marriage. The plaintiff was a widow and the defendant a draper. The jury returned a verdict for plaintiff ' for the full amount, but the Judge reduced it by £2 to carry costs on the lower scale. '
NAPIER, August 31. The Chief Justice to-day non-suited J. S. Chapham, who claimed i>soo from the Tribune newspaper, for alleged libel in five anonymous letters. The Judge held the letters to be fair comment. Costs wew awarded on the usual scale for the defendant A stay of execution for fourteen days Avas granted in view of an appeal.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LX, Issue 17076, 1 September 1917, Page 3
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