NEWSPAPER SUED FOR LIBEL.
NOMINAL DAMAGES. PEC VIIKSsJ ASSOCUTIOX. Auckland, December IN. An action for £1001) damages for alleged libel was brought by Theophilus Wake, Independent candidate for Bay of Islands at the recent, election, against Francis AfcKenzie, proprietor of the Northern Luminary newspaper. The alleged libel consisted of two articles which plaint iff considered injured his reputation and chances as a candidate for Parliament. Publication was admitted, defendant contending that lie thought the articles were privileged, being based on Hansard reports, and he published them in the interests of the electors. The Jury returned a verdict for £1 damages, the question of costs being reserved.
Permanent link to this item
Hononga pūmau ki tēnei tūemi
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TDN19051219.2.8
Bibliographic details
Ngā taipitopito pukapuka
Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 8007, 19 December 1905, Page 2
Word count
Tapeke kupu
106NEWSPAPER SUED FOR LIBEL. Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 8007, 19 December 1905, Page 2
Using this item
Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Taranaki Daily News. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in