JUDGMENT FOR DEFENDANT.
WELLINGTON CASE. Per Press Association. WELLINGTON, Oct. 6. Mr Stilwell, S.M., gave reserved judgment to-day in the case of Dudley Bennett, who claimed £8 8s from Hubert L. Nathan, nominal promoter of the Coster Ball in the Town Hall on July 28, the value of an overcoat alleged to have been lost at the ball. Judgment was given for defendant. In the course of his judgment, the Magistrate said that the committee, after making reasonably efficient arrangements to deal with the normal carnival throng, could not be held blameworthy for failing to contemplate the extreme misbehaviour by a section of the guests. He did not think there was a duty on the promoters to see that an official should be there to restrain such an unseemly scramble as appeared to have taken place. Mr Stilwell said also that there was clear evidence that plaintiff had asked a friend to hold his coat while he dealt with the person who had intervened. Ho had come to the conclusion that plaintiff did receive a coat and that it was a reasonable inference that it was his coat.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LIII, Issue 266, 7 October 1933, Page 12
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188JUDGMENT FOR DEFENDANT. Manawatu Standard, Volume LIII, Issue 266, 7 October 1933, Page 12
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