Wellington Supreme Court.
(Per Press Association.) Wellington, This Day. Addressing the Grand Jury at the opening of the Supreme Conrt tbis morning Chief Justice Prendergast made only a brief and colorless, reference to tbe Kirby case. Witb regard to the charge against Bassett he said tbe Jury should bring in a true bill if they were satisfied he knew ol tbe committal of tbe oftence with which Kirby was charged. Referring to the charge of criminal libel against Mr Cassidy, manager, and Ashboult, publisher of the New Zealand Times, he said if the Jury were satisfied the paragraph was defamatory and that the accused were responsible for its appearance they should return a true bill.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/FS18960803.2.26
Bibliographic details
Feilding Star, Volume XVIII, Issue 29, 3 August 1896, Page 2
Word Count
115Wellington Supreme Court. Feilding Star, Volume XVIII, Issue 29, 3 August 1896, Page 2
Using This Item
No known copyright (New Zealand)
To the best of the National Library of New Zealand’s knowledge, under New Zealand law, there is no copyright in this item in New Zealand.
You can copy this item, share it, and post it on a blog or website. It can be modified, remixed and built upon. It can be used commercially. If reproducing this item, it is helpful to include the source.
For further information please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in