THE UNWRITTEN LAW
EMPHATIC STATEMENT BY A MAGISTRATE. WELLINGTON March 1. In giving his decision in an assault case to-day, Mr 'S. B. McCarthy, S-M. replying to a statement by counsel that the defendant had had considerable provocation, and that that should he taken into consideration, said he " as S°" jinf 1o recognise the unwritten law. A man had been assaulted by two soldiers in Auckland, and two men were assaulted in Feilding and he 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 take the law into his own ImiHlm The defendant was fHw#
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Hokitika Guardian, 4 March 1918, Page 1
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120THE UNWRITTEN LAW Hokitika Guardian, 4 March 1918, Page 1
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