THE "LEADER" LABOR LIBEL
DAMAGES AGAINST THE PAPER. I By Telegraph.—Press Association. Wellington, Saturday. The Chief Justice gave judgment in the Carey v. Black case, a claim for £5Ol for alleged libel published in the Leader. His Honor said that defendant had utterly failed to show that his statements were true or his comments bona fide. It was only charitable to suppose that the writer was unaware ot the meaning of the English language, for he used words entirely unwarranted by any facts brought to his notice. Plaintiff was entitled to recover. Much as he regretted that those who advocated the "brotherhood of man" and "individual liberty" should show, it the Leader was a sample of their advocacy, that their ideals do not always influence their conduct, the Judge said he did not know if the full damages claimed would be too much to give under the circumstances, but to give ex- . cessive damages against a man of no means would be of no use. He assessed damages at £7O, with costs according to scale.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 196, 28 November 1910, Page 2
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175THE "LEADER" LABOR LIBEL Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 196, 28 November 1910, Page 2
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