CHARGE FAILS
(By Telegraph.—PreSa Association.)
HAMILTON, 11th June. The Supreme Court, Mr. Justice Herdman piesidinj*, was occupied to-day hearing charges of assault and bodily harm against Neils, Theodore Larsen, aged 51, a farmer, of Te Kuiti, and his employee, John M'Kay Smith, aged 35. The accused had a dispute with John Appleton on ' Larsen's property, and the prosecution attempted to show that Larsen /threw, a stone which broke Appleton's skull, nearly killing him. .Evidence for the defence was that Appleton was very abusive and aggressive. Smith, retaliating, threw Appleton, who, according to the defence, then struck his head on a stone, afterwards walking ■■ home. ■. Both the defendants were acquitted on all counts. . '
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Evening Post, Volume CVII, Issue 135, 12 June 1929, Page 11
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112CHARGE FAILS Evening Post, Volume CVII, Issue 135, 12 June 1929, Page 11
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