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Issue Details: First known date: 1868... 1868 The Law of Libel
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The Empire republishes part of a column from the Australasian ('Topics of the Week : The Law of Libel') reiterating the views published in the Empire's editorial of 2 June, namely, that the law of libel in the colony should be changed to match that of England.

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    y separately published work icon The Empire no. 5160 3 June 1868 7160991 1868 newspaper issue 1868 pg. 2
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Topics of the Week : The Law of Libel 1868 single work column
— Appears in: The Australasian , 30 May vol. 4 no. 113 (New Series) 1868; (p. 690)

The Australasian reflects on two cases of libel – one in New Zealand and one in South Australia. It believes that in the former case, a newspaper simply reported on 'the public proceedings of a public body' and subsequently suffered 'heavy damages' and 'still heavier law costs'. In the case of the latter, the Australasian believes the penalty – 'one year's imprisonment with hard labour' – was justified as the proprietor of the South Australian Satirist had perpetrated a 'gross falsehood ... apparently, without the slightest foundation'.
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