At the French Mixed Court last Friday, M, Reynaud and Magistrate Chen gave their decision in the case of M. Engel v. L. Soyka, an action for libel in hich the piaintiff claimed Tis, 10,000 damages. The Court gave judgement for} plaintiff, assessing damages at Tls. 500, and also called upon defendant to pay Tls. 50 court fees. Mr. Hora, who had given evidence for the defence, was ordered to pay. Tls. 25, this decision arising out of an allegation that his evidence was false.
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