£4,500 FOR DEFAMATION
DAMAGES FROM AUSTRALIAN LABOUR MEN
“FAKED BALLOT BOX” INCIDENT
SYDNEY, Thursday.
Five actions for defamation, arising out of the notorious “faked ballot box” incident at the Labour headquarters at Sydney some years ago, were concluded today. The plaintiff, John Bailey, president of the Australian Workers’ Union, claimed £5,000 damages respectively from A. C. Willis, a member of the Legislative Council, George Smith, J. O’Reilly, J. Howie, and Dan Rees, former members of the Australian Labour Party executive. He alleged that defendants had, as executive officers, prepared and read a defamatory report before the 'Labour Party Conference in 1922, describing Bailey as a political leper and impugning his conduct at an election of officers about that time.
The jury today found in favour of Bailey, and awarded damages as follow's: —Against Willis, £2,750; against Howie, Smith and Rees, £500; against O’Reilly, £250.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 839, 6 December 1929, Page 9
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