APPEAL COURT.
MASSEY v. NEW ZEALAND TIMES. By Telegraph—Prw» Association. Wellington, Yesterday. Mr. Bell contended that the jury, from Mr. Justice Chapman's summing up, might, have held that Mr. Massev, although connected in some way with the distribution of the Black pamphlet, might yet not be guilty of a mean and despicable act. Mr. Bell also complained that Mr. Justice Chapman distinguished between ordinary libel and a cartoon saying that if it'was merely an ordinary political cartoon it was not i-ecessarilv a libel, although they found that the figure represented Mr. Massey. He submitted that if a class was libelled aiyl an individual singled out and depicted as a member of such a. class, it was a libel on that individual. This had not .been made clear to the jury, and therefore amounted to misdirection likely to mislead the jury, and was ground for a new trial. "He quoted authorities supporting his -argument.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 16, 13 July 1911, Page 5
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153APPEAL COURT. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 16, 13 July 1911, Page 5
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