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JUDGE. REGRETS LAW BEATS LIBEL SUIT
SYDNEY, Thurs: Mr. Justice
Herron in the Supreme Court
today directed a jury, 'with
some regret,' to return a ver
dict for National Press Pty.
Ltd., defendants in a £10,000
libel action brought by Dr.
Fanny Reading.
Dr. Reiving, a member oi
a Jewish immigration organi
sation, Youth Aliyah, claimed
that her reputation had been
damaged by an article in
Smith's Weekly headed, 'Jews
raise huge funds to fight
British.'
The article alleged that
money raised by Youth Aliyah
was being used to subsidise
terrorist gangs in Palestine.
Mr. J. W. Shand, KC (for
the company) asked the Judge
to direct the jury to bring in
a verdict for his client.
His Honour, sn upholding
Mr. Shand's argument, said
that the article was certainly
a clear libel against Youth
Aliyah, if it were possible to
libel an organisation,
'There is nothing to distil
guish the plaintiff from the
rest of the many members,
and in my opinion the plain
tiff has no right of action in
law against the defendant
newspaper,' he said.
'The article is an unwar
ranted aspersion on Youth
Aliyah, which the plaintiff
supports, and must have
wounded her feelings and
filled her with a sense of in
justice. That is cold comfort
as the 3aw stands.'
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