THE BANK CASE.
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[I! KUTERS TKr.EOHA.MB.] .11'DG.MENT FOB BANK. LONDON. Dec. 2. In the Midland Bank case, judg it was given for the Bank with costs, which are estimated to amount to about £:’.').()!)!) sterling, alter arguments by i otiiiscl on the finding ol the jury. Justice Darling, in giving judgment, said the jury's answers were ample proof that the money was stolen, and extorted from this Indian gentlein.au. Air A. by menaces. There was no lawin England that would allow him to order that Air A’s property could lie given to plaintiff by any imaginable theory. In his opinion the action ought never to have heen brought h.v a man whose mind was thoroughly debased. Lord Halslmry in the course of argument remarked that he saw action was Ir ing taken against two men. hut he did not know why action had not heen taken against a third man.
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Hokitika Guardian, 3 December 1924, Page 3
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152THE BANK CASE. Hokitika Guardian, 3 December 1924, Page 3
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