LATEST AUCKLAND NEWS [BY TELEGRAPH.—OWN CORRESPONDENT.]
Coj^N^dppany, the report stated that in con^e^ence of' the prospecting works lao divj'&niil^vould bo declared. $ I gft 'Change. '' '" r-.\Sul^,f to-;nay : Prince Imperials, 62?.; Bej&ty, 3ls. '*•■ '" \®a®H^Veme Court. In iffe Supreme Court in Banco to-day, Mr Thomas Wood, son of Mr Reader Wood, was enrolled as a barrister and solicitor.-^, « - r „- 4 I lt\ Hattimond a|d Wa^trf.r-M/ HesJcetli moj'eil for a rule |j,« psr a neV trial, on the ground that. the verdict of A the jury was against the weight of evidence. He sud it would he within the recollection ot the Court that at the last civil sessions the ease Hammond » v. Wayte,, lelaiih for 'd&nmgol >f6r nitilici^i|si J3v6ie6'u-i tion was heard ; no evidence with regard to' damage was adduced, and the learned Judge nfrccYcMV^y^f'th'-ey r ibuM ipv the plaintiff, to give nominal damdges. The iniy, perhaps in ignoianca of the meaning of nominal damages, gave a verdict' for plaintiff or £100. authorities in support lofi-'the contention that in an action of damages for malicious prosecution proof of actual damage must be shown. His Honor granted the mle, date of return to be fixed.
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Waikato Times, Volume XX, Issue 1674, 29 March 1883, Page 2
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191LATEST AUCKLAND NEWS [BY TELEGRAPH.—OWN CORRESPONDENT.] Waikato Times, Volume XX, Issue 1674, 29 March 1883, Page 2
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