CHINAMAN’S SLANDER.
VERDICT FOR PLAINTIFF.
Per Press Association. Dunedin, last night. The Supreme Court was engaged all day in hearing a case in which Young Ching claimod £5Ol damages frem Kum Fou for alleged slander in repeatodly telling a constablo that plaintiff was suffering from ioprosy, with the result that the constable eventually reported the matter and plaintiff was isolated for several dayß. Plaintiff was a market "gardener at Alexandra, but sold groceries to customers round the district, and was thus to somo extent competing with defendant, who was a general merchant at Alexandra, and on this ground malice was pleaded. , Tho jury found for plaintiff, and a verdict was given for £l2O damages and costs.
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Gisborne Times, Volume IX, Issue 829, 18 February 1903, Page 3
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116CHINAMAN’S SLANDER. Gisborne Times, Volume IX, Issue 829, 18 February 1903, Page 3
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