SLANDER ALLEGED.
A SPIRITUALIST’S CLAIM. By Telegraph.—Press Association. Wellington, August 21. The Supreme Court was occupied today in hearing a claim by John Page, of the Wellington Spiritualist Church, against Margaret Stables for £5Ol damages for slander, allegedly spoken and published by defendant in the words “the police hold a letter now that will send John Page to gaol.” Plaintiff maintained that he had been brought into “public ecandal, hatred, and contempt.” James Toomath, an officer of the Spiritualist movement, gave evidence l as to the use of the words by defendant on May 5 in conversation with
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Taranaki Daily News, 22 August 1922, Page 4
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98SLANDER ALLEGED. Taranaki Daily News, 22 August 1922, Page 4
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