A LIBEL CASE.
NEWSPAPER MULCTED IN DAMAGES. PARIS, July 3. The paper "Le Matin" was mulcted in £2,000 damages for alleging that Senator Humbert was concerned in ouestionable transactions with Rochette. ,
Henri Rochette, a Parisian company promoter, was arrested on March 26th on charges of theft, the arrest causing a great sensation in financial circles in Paris. M. Rochette was associated with financial undertakings whose total capital exceeded £1,500,000, and it is alleged that this amount was inflated by speculation to as much as £8,000,000. The charge against him was that of having floated bogus companies.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 9134, 6 July 1908, Page 5
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96A LIBEL CASE. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 9134, 6 July 1908, Page 5
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