A TEMPERANCE EXTREMIST
SUES FOR LIBEL. By Cable—Press Association—Copyright. Received 15, 7.45 p.m. Sydney, March 15. Mrs. Barton, a temperance lecturer, obtained a verdict for £5 for libel against the Fair Play newspaper, for stating that she gave a woman brandy. Cross-examined, she stated she could not give a dying child brandy, even if instructed by a doctor. Mr. Justice Pring declared that in such a case she would be guilty of manslaughter if the child died.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 263, 16 March 1911, Page 5
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77A TEMPERANCE EXTREMIST Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 263, 16 March 1911, Page 5
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