BERTLING v. NORTON.
DAMAGES AWARDED
Wellington, iMarch 18
The case in which Albert Ernest Louis Bertling, superintendent of the Wellington Zoo claimed ,£2OOO damages for libel from John Norton, proprietor of the newspaper, New Zealand Truth, was concluded to-day in the Supreme Court after a threedays’ trial.
The jury found that the plaintiff had been libelled and awarded him ,£IOOO. The jury was an hour considering its verdict, to which it added a rider that the evidence had not outy failed to establish, the charge against the plaintiff b'E had fully proved his competency for the post he holds.
An order was granted to stay execution for four days pending an application for a new trial on the grounds of misdirection by His Honour, the Chief Justice, before whom (and a special jury) the case was heard.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXII, Issue 816, 19 March 1910, Page 3
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137BERTLING v. NORTON. Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXII, Issue 816, 19 March 1910, Page 3
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