HOOLEY'S WORD.
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LONDON, November 25. Before the King's Bench^ Mrs E. T. Hooley sued a cotton manufacturer named Booth to recover £28,000, alleged to be due upon some shares m the Sapphire Corundum Company, of Western Australia, Booth forced the company into liquidation, alleging that it was unable to obtain working capital. Hoolay was acting for his wife, who w-« one of the promoters. Booth denied the alleged liability, and filed a counter claim for £200 paid on 5000 shares, alleging misreprese(n*ation. The Chief Justice commented on a statement made by a witness named Cawston to the effect that Hooley urged him to stay away from the trial; also on Hooley's contradiction of the statement. The jury must, Lord Alverstone added, decide how far they could rely on Hooky's oath. A verdict was given for the defendant upon the claim and counter-claim. Before the King's Bench, Chas. Kelly ancTEden George sued Cawston to recover upon a bill of exchange, given at E. T. Hooley's instigation in connection with Kelly's scheme to reconstruct the Saoohire Corundum Company. Mr Justice Lawrence declared the action fraudulent from beginning to end. and that George knew it. Judgment was given for the defendant, with casts.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume XXXXVII, Issue 1278, 27 November 1903, Page 5
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203HOOLEY'S WORD. Wanganui Chronicle, Volume XXXXVII, Issue 1278, 27 November 1903, Page 5
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