LIBEL ACTION FAILS.
A DOCTOR'S COMPLAINT
By Cabin —Press Association—Copyright. Received March 31, 9.55 p.m. Sydney, March 31.
Dr. Neumann sued the newspaper Orange Leader for £2OOO damages for alleged libel, in commentig, without mentioning any name, that a German doctor had not passed a single candidate as fit to take up arms against his countrymen.
The evidence showed that plaintiff was naturalised and has passed 29 out of 32 candidates examined. Defendant's counsel contended that the article was published from a high sense of public duty and did not contain any personal malice. No name was mentioned. A verdict was give n for defendant.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 251, 1 April 1915, Page 5
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105LIBEL ACTION FAILS. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 251, 1 April 1915, Page 5
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