THE “FREE LANCE” MAKES AN ABJECT APOLOGY.
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[By Telegraph.]
Auckland, July 14. The criminal prosecution for libel instituted iby W. J. Hurst against W. D. Wickham has ended, defendant pleading guilty by letter and tendering an abject written apology, in which he acknowledges the defamatory statements made by him against Hurst to be false, and without the slightest foundation. He binds himself to pay £2O towards the prosecutor’s expenses, while regretting that he is not in a position to pay more, and would undertake to refrain from publishing criticisms on Mr Hurst for the future. The apology was accepted. The Judge iu passing sentence told the defendant that had the case gone to the jury the consequences would have been serious for him, and that his conduct in publishing libels on Hurst was utterly indefensible. A fine of Is and costs were imposed.
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South Canterbury Times, Issue 2594, 14 July 1881, Page 2
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145THE “FREE LANCE” MAKES AN ABJECT APOLOGY. South Canterbury Times, Issue 2594, 14 July 1881, Page 2
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