ASSAULT WHEN DRUNK
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Accused "Worse than Beast" Says Magistrate HAMILTON OFFENCE
(By Telograph-
HAMILTON, This Day. Btating that the accused 's troublo was due'to drink, Mr S. L. Paterson, S.M., sentenced Frank McCallum in tho Hamilton Police Court to two years ' probation and ordered Mm to take out and maintain a prohibition order. His fWorship described the assault as brutal. "Drink makes you worse than a beast," he said. "You went to this unfortunato man's room and made a bestial suggestion to him and when He refused you brutally assaulted The accused was ordered to pay'fhe medical and prosecution costs and £24 damages.
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Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 33, 23 February 1937, Page 5
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