FARTHING DAMAGES
Moral V erdict in Slander Claim AUCKLAND, rLast Night. - • One farthing damages on each of-two counts of slander was "the ;* verdict xeiturned in'a claim for £800 damages1 heard by the Hon. .Mr Jnstice Callan .and a jury, Plaintiff -was .* Maiguerite |Wrack who alleged* that defendant, an: old man, William John Bekker, had) jmade statements to t\^o witnesses im-; iputing that she perf ormed illegal opera-. jtions on girls and - was of \ low moral | jcharacter. Bekker," who was said to : be [80 years of age and to.h'ave pestered} plaintiff to marry him, denied .through | [ljis solicitor that he had used any such jlanguage. - .... i The jury found it proved that. the language alleged had been used but] assessed damages at 'only oue farthing i on each of the two -counts.
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Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 35, 25 February 1937, Page 6
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