LIBEL ACTION. Christchurch, October 11.

Te Aroha News, Volume VI, Issue 307, 13 October 1888, Page 5

LIBEL ACTION. Christchurch, October 11.

At the R.M. Court to-day (before Mr C, Whiteford R.M. and Messrs F. Guinness and F. J. Kimbell, J.P's), Thomas Brown Bain appeared to answer an information charging him with having written and published a libel on John Ollivier, R.M. Mr Joynt appeared for the defendant. Mr Holmes appeared in support of the information and explained that the accused appeared on a charge of defamatory libel on the administration of justice. On September 26th, Mr John Ollivier heard an information, which was dismissed on September 27th. He (Mr Holmes) was employed to defend the accused. From what he heard on the Saturday following, he found that a defamatory libel was being circulated. He was accused of having spent the evening of Wednesday with Mr Ollivier, and of having bribed or corrupted him to give an improper judgment. The evidence showed that the liDel, which was contained in some verses, had been printed at Joseph Ivess office to the order of Bain, who before getting them printed consulted James Cagill, printer, who recommended him to go to Mr Ivess office. Messrs Holmes and Loughrey, solicitors, offered a reward of £25 for information as to where the libel had been printed, for it bore no imprint. Accused reserved his defence, and was committed for trial and admitted to bail on his own recognisances. The charge of libel on Mr Holmes was adjourned for d week.