SENSATIONAL SLANDER CASE.
FIltM'S DEPUTATION AT STAKE Iteceivcd 5, 1L.;1 p.m. Syuxky, March 5. In connection with the slander action, W. aud A. McArlhur Coi]i]);niy against Sir William Lyne, claiming LSOOO damages, application was made oil behalf of plaintiffs for a specia jury of twelve. Counsel for the defendant opposed, and aslied that the ease lie tried by a common jury. The Chief Justice, in delivering the unanimous judgment of the Court, and granting a special jury, said if any ease heard in the State for many years required a special jury, it was this one, one side' being a leading (irin of merchants, uiul the other a Federal Minister. The' Customs Milliliter was alleged to have' charged the linu with gross fraud, and selling goods under false pretences. If the charge was brought home to them, it would effectually damage their character for all time as a firm. The hearing wasiixed for the l'Jth inst.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 8060, 6 March 1906, Page 3
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156SENSATIONAL SLANDER CASE. Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 8060, 6 March 1906, Page 3
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