CHAMPAGNE SHOES
letter and court action CLAIM FOR DEFAMATION (From Our Own Correspondent.) "WHANGAREI, Tuesday. Modern modes and dress colours considerably puzzled Mr. J. H. Luxford, S.M., in the Whangarei Court to-day, when Mrs. Myrtle McLeod claimed £25 from Dennis P. Riordan and his wife for alleged defamation of character. The claim, was based on a letter from defendant to Mrs. McLeod, accusiug her of obtaining a pair of cham-Pfigne-coloured shoes from a local store in defendant’s name without authority, and threatening prosecution Payment was not made immediately. The defence alleged justification, rmKi- tlie letter received was not made vj y lc> fhe evidence identifying Mrs. as the woman who purchased wv. S v oes given by store attendants, jj,° described the clothing she wore, Mr - Liixford, who reof k,, 8 . decision on the question th Publication; but he was convinced re was no justification.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 439, 22 August 1928, Page 1
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145CHAMPAGNE SHOES Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 439, 22 August 1928, Page 1
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