Charge of Libel.
A POINT^DF LAW.. .1 BY TELEGRAPH.) (UNITED PBESS ASSOCIATION) . h ; .;i A-y.-. ■■■ : A Gisbornej This Day; P Kenneth Kerr, proprietor of "Facts, 1 " and Webb, a printer, were to-day charged:at the< R.M. : Oourt<on the in^ formation of C. A . -DeLqutour, M.H.R. , the former jfor; "publish;ing' i and ,, the latter for printing a.s.ta^ement m Facts,reflecting oil the commercial character and integr^jf^of^nformant.' The defendants did not appear, neither were they re* presented by counsel. Prior to the case being called, Mr Kenney, the defendants' counsel, had informed his Worship that he had no light to issue a summons on an information laid m Wellington;- The R.M. saicLthe point was open to argument. _ Mr Rees, for complainant,; applied for o warrant for tlte - lirresV 'of the defendants, but this the Magistrate' d ecliried to 8 ccede, preferring^, to ,. first 'consult the Crown Law ' 'Officers, and ...conseqarnt'y ad» journed makers till Thprsday. -
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Manawatu Standard, Volume 4, Issue 202, 2 August 1883, Page 3
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151Charge of Libel. Manawatu Standard, Volume 4, Issue 202, 2 August 1883, Page 3
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