THE EDITOR VICTORIOUS.
[PM PRESS ASSOCIATION ]
Invbboaboiix, August 20. In the Supreme Court on Saturday W. H. Palmer, lately clerk of the B,M. Court and Licensing Bench at Gore, Bought to recover £200 damages for libel against J. G. Fraser, editor of the ••Southern Standard." The allegeg libel was m connection with a scene m the Gore Courthouse between the Mayor •nd two ether justices. In the first instance the newspaper accused the plaintiff of partizanahip and m the second published an article headed "Very Suspicious." For the defence it wes helcf that the comments were fair and honest, and made m public interest The jury returned a verdict fer the defendant with naata;
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1923, 20 August 1888, Page 3
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114THE EDITOR VICTORIOUS. Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1923, 20 August 1888, Page 3
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