SUPREME COURT.
lIAWKE'S BAY LIBEL CASE. By Telegraph— Press Association. ,m, 0 Napier, Monday. J-tte supreme Court was engaged today hearing the libel action 11. Lan kimson r. George Nelson and the Hastings Tribune, a claim for £3OOO damages. The main public interest in the suit lies in the fact that Mr. Nelson is a candidate for the Napier seat at the coming election, and Mr. Simson tor the Ilawke's Bay seat, Mr. Nelson, m a letter to the Tribune, described Mr oimson as an "opportunist of the lowest yp<?- The case is likely to last a couple of days, . Napier, Last Night. The jury , n the libel action Simson v. Nelson and Ilawke's Bay Tribune, after ' 6 /-'- h l ollr3 retirement, returned a verdict for plaintiff for £250.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 8, 4 July 1911, Page 8
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129SUPREME COURT. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 8, 4 July 1911, Page 8
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