Woodville Libel Action
[FEB PBBSS ASSOCIATION.] Wellington, September 7. In the Supreme Court this morning Thomas Haggen, proprietor of the Examiner, Woodville, was fined £50 and two months' imprisonment, also to remain in custody until the fine be paid, and to give security to keep the peace for one year, himself in a security of £100 and one of £'50. Mr Edwards, for the prosecution, objected to the admission of affidavits filed in mitigation of sentence, which he argued were an aggravation of the libel. The Chief Justice said if the affidavits were true there had been a gross miscarriage of justice. He did not see if proceedings had been taken that a conviction would have followed, but a prosecution shonld bave been set on foot. The Judge said the question was whether defendant received reasonable information as to the basis of what he disseminated. The matter was one of great difficulty, and he snggested that Haggen may have been ill-advised while endeavoring to act honestly in the matter.
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Feilding Star, Volume XIV, Issue 35, 8 September 1892, Page 3
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