TRUTH SUED.
ACTION FOR DAMAGES
(by TELEGRAPH PRESS ASSOCIATI ON. WELLINGTON, Nov. 12. Allegations of false and defamatory statements were made in a libel action which was commenced in the Supreme Court to-day, wheu James Samuel Montecino, also known as Jim Robinson, sued the newspaper Truth for £5Ol damages. ■ The plaintiff claimed that he played ’ a piano continuously for 100 hours and 10 minutes. The newspaper published an article, headed “Pianist Plunders Public,” in which it declared that plaintiff had slept for 20 out of the 100 hours, and other statements were also published, including one that the plaintiff was sent to gaol for assault. Defendant admitted the publication, out denied that the extracts were either false or defamatory, and submitted that they were fair comment.
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Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 13 November 1924, Page 5
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126TRUTH SUED. Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 13 November 1924, Page 5
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