THE UNWRITTEN LAW.
♦ EMPHATIC STATEMENT BY A MAGISTRATE. (PRESS ASSOCIATION TELEGRAM.) WELLINGTON., March 1. In giving his decision in an assault case to-day, Mr S. E. McCarthy, S.M., replying to a statement byeounsel that the defendant had had considerable provocation, and that that should be taken into consideration, said he was not going to recognise tho unwritten law. A man had been assaulted by two soldiers in Auckland, and two men were assaulted in Feilding, and ho was not going to be a party to the recognition of any unwritten law. There was a proper legal course to pursue, and it would never do to allow a suspicious young husband to tako the law into his own hands. Tho defendant was fined £10.
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Press, Volume LIV, Issue 16150, 2 March 1918, Page 8
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