NO HARM DONE.

New Zealand Illustrated Sporting & Dramatic Review, Volume XIV, Issue 843, 3 May 1906, Page 21

NO HARM DONE.

. At Liverpool Assizes recently the Rev. Alex. Harvey, a Baptist minister, of Widnes, sought damages for slander against Paul ■ Caldwell, a- publican. During the municipal election, in which defendant was a candidate, the plaintiff attacked the liquor trade, and said he was a life-long teetotaller. Defendant at his meeting declared plaintiff’s statement untrue, as he had personally served him wi'.h liquor. Defendant refused to withdraw this allegation. The jury found for defendant, on the ground that plaintiff’s character as a minisfer was not injured.