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BERTLING v. NORTON. (Bμ Telegraph. — Press Association.) WELLINGTON, Wednesday. Before the Chief Justice (Sir Robert Stout), to-day, Robert Bertliug, supariuteudeut of the Wellingtou Zoo, claimed £2000 trom John Norton, proprietor of Truth, for alleged libel. The case was tried before a special jury. Defendant denied that the words complained of reflected on plaintiff iv his occupation, or had been published falsely or maliciously, or were libellous or defamatory, and submitted that in their natural aud ordinary signification they were true in substance and in fact. It was stated that au apology had been published, which was said by plaintiff to be no apology at all, but a case of addiug insult to injury.
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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume LXII, Issue 9628, 17 March 1910, Page 6
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115ALLEGED LIBEL. Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume LXII, Issue 9628, 17 March 1910, Page 6
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