LIBEL ACTION OVER CARDS.
amicably;; settled; ■:■'■•;::!,, ■:>• ■i'-'i--- -.[.-■/••'■■ .'. ' ' ■'■-'.■'-:■■'■'"-' •;■■''.■.■■.■ ■'..■■ (ByTelecrraph.—Snedal OorresDondent.) ■':'.:■'■ :.•::;■" ;.'■;.'. Paimerstoh, Tehruary 21: ' : ;"■When the Supreme Court resumed after lunch,'this afternoon , . Mr.'.C' ;A. Pownnll informed the . Court that, the case' of J. . C. Walsh; of PahiatuaJ 'against C; Turner, ot Eketahuna, for jESOI .damages for alleged slander,'arising out of: : a game of cards, had been settled out of court. .'•. v
.'■'■.■: MriPownall, who' appeared.for:the : de.fendaht,"said;."Speaking .oh: behalf of my' clients I have to say that he denies that, he; made, or intended to.make, any ac.ensation,' against Mr. Walsh of. cheating .at cards,' and regrets that any remarks which 'ho may. have made should have been' .understood" as conveying i such n charge;"- ':■:■;-/.) : j^;.. , V::. .;:.-■ -.- ; ..-• ■'..-. Mr; v. Osborne Lilly, apearing for plaintiff, said: "On behalf of my client,,! feel 'bound'.'to accept Mr. Pownall's statements on;behalf of his client, and do not therefore intend to proceed with the action." i His Honour (Mr. Justice; Chapman) observed that he was very pleased, to hear of the settlement. The hearing of such' a case ;conld never do any, good, and 'he was very pleased to hear of the manner of the ■ settlement. :::. ■..:,:.'
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Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 748, 22 February 1910, Page 5
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186LIBEL ACTION OVER CARDS. Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 748, 22 February 1910, Page 5
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