SUPREME COURT.
ALLEGED DEFAMATION. (by TELEGRAPH —PRESS ASSOCIATION.) AUCKLAND, Aug. 13. In the Supreme Court, Mabel Jackson sued Arthur Hatch and his wife, claiming £SOO for defamation of character. Plaintiff was a married woman who worked for her living. She received an open picture postcard of a soldier and a girl at the entrance to a shop exhibiting ladies’ underwear, while on the placard of a passing sandwich man were the printed words, “Don’t spend your money on useless clothes; do without.” Added in writing were other words of a defamatory character. Evidence was given that defendant on request was given the postcard in question by a friend, and that she later said she had posted it. After hearing the evidence of a handwriting expert the jury returned a verdict of £25 damages.
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Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 14 August 1924, Page 5
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133SUPREME COURT. Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 14 August 1924, Page 5
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