LIBEL ACTION.
CLAIM FOR £IOOO AND £1 AWARDED.
(F»r Press Association.) Auckland, last nigbt. An notion for £IOOO damages for alleged rel was brought by Tbcophilus Wuke,
Independent candidate for tho Bay of Isii nds at tho r.cout e ection, against Francis McKenzie, proprietor of the Northern Luminary newspaper. The a'leged libol consistod of two art’olcs which plainliff considered injured bis roputation and ebanoes as a candidate for Parliament. Publication was admisted, defendant contending that he thought the a t’el s privileged, being based on Hansard reports, and he published them in the inlcrests of tho elector?. The jury returned a verdict for £1 damngo?, tho question of oosts reserved,
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Gisborne Times, Volume XIX, Issue 1630, 19 December 1905, Page 2
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110LIBEL ACTION. Gisborne Times, Volume XIX, Issue 1630, 19 December 1905, Page 2
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