Issue Details: First known date: 1868... 1868 Topics of the Week : The Law of Libel
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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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    y separately published work icon The Australasian vol. 4 no. 113 (New Series) 30 May 1868 7967681 1868 newspaper issue 1868 pg. 690
    Note: The item about the law of libel appears on page two 'Topics of the Week'.
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