LIBEL CASE.
The “ Taieri Advocate ” says that “ a splendid thing for the lawyers is likely to come before the Dunedin Courts shortly. It is a case of libel, and the damages will be laid at £20,000. A ceitain gentlemau in Dunedin, who is susposed to know something about the law, is the representative of a wealthy English Company, and on their behalf deals with large amounts of money. Some time since the chairman of the board of directors of the company received an anonymous letter cautioning him to keep his : eye on the Dunedinite for if too much confidence was reposed in him there might be a reason to repent it. The penmanship of the anonymous correspondent has been closely compared with the writing of a Dunedin gentleman, who knows something about railways. Photographed copies of his letters have been sent Home, and experts have declared the writing to be identically the same. One of Dunedin’s merchant princes is also said to be interested in the matter. Some disclosures are expected.”
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South Canterbury Times, Issue 2763, 31 January 1882, Page 2
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171LIBEL CASE. South Canterbury Times, Issue 2763, 31 January 1882, Page 2
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