Between Garnet Hornby Saunders of New Plymouth, Theatre Proprietor, Plaintiff, and Henry Weston of New Plymouth, Newspaper Proprietor, Defendant. [item]
Production date
1915
Description
Documents pertain to a case filed by a theatre proprietor (Saunders) against a newspaper proprietor (Weston) regarding false and malicious statements. The defendant allegedly published an article in his newspaper which depicted the plaintiff as dishonouring agreements with Kinemacolour Films and the owner of the film 'White Slave Traffic.' The articles discusses the percentage of profits show companies should receive after screening their films in the plaintiff's theatre. Includes an affidavit of W. C. Weston, an affidavit of the defendant, an affidavit of H. R. Billing, an affidavit of Thomas Shailer Weston, an affidavit of Garnet Hornby Saunders, a notice of motion for an order directing a new trial of the action, a series of notes [judge's notes/solicitor's notes?], a list of exhibits, a list of issues for the jury, and circuit sittings with witness testimony. Witnesses include T. List, who chronicles former disputes between the plaintiff's company and the defendant's newspaper, J. Clark, G. H. Saunders, L. M.M. Monteith, J. Matheson, S. Latham and W. J. Penn.
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