OLD MAN ASSAULTED
AGGRESSOR SENT =TO CAOU
A sentence of one month's imprisonment was imposed on Joseph Ibaba',, a labourer, aged 24, by Mr. J. H. Luxford, S.M., in the Magistrate's Court today for assaulting William Aubrey, a man aged 70," on New Year's Eve. He pleaded guilty. , ■
Sub-Inspector C. E. Roacli said the defendant occupied a bach at the rear of the premises where Mr; Aubrey lived. Mr. Aubrey was playing • cards with friends, and the defendant, ■who had had a large Quantity of liquor, entered the room and accused him of saying something detrimental. Heimmediately assaulted him and knocked him unconscious.
Mr. Aubrey spent three days in hospital, and was still suffering from bruises and abrasions. loaba had.been before the Court before for assault and minor offences-
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Evening Post, Volume CXXI, Issue 4, 6 January 1936, Page 8
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129OLD MAN ASSAULTED Evening Post, Volume CXXI, Issue 4, 6 January 1936, Page 8
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