MASSEY V. NEW ZEALAND TIMES.
CASE BEFORE APPEAL COURT
By Telegraph—Fress Association.
WELLINGTON, Last Night
The motion for a new trial in the libel action, Massey v. New Zealand Times, in which the plaintifF claimed £2OOO damages for libel arising out of a cartoon, the going for defedants, is being heard by the Full Court to-day. Briefly stated, the grounds of the motion to set aside the verdict are: that the finding of the jury is so defective that judgment cannot be given upon it; that the judge misdirected the jury; that the verdict was against the weight of evidence; that the judge admitted improper evidence, namely the evidence of the memory of witnesses, of reports of what was said by members of Parliament in debates in the House and Legislative Council on the 30th November and Ist December respectively. Mr Bell, with him Messrs Grey and Fell, is appearing in support of the motion, and Mr Solomon, K.C., with him Mr Blair, in opposition.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10237, 13 May 1911, Page 3
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165MASSEY V. NEW ZEALAND TIMES. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10237, 13 May 1911, Page 3
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