INDECENT ASSAULT CASE.
INVERCARGILL. -Mav 20. The Supreme Court sessions opened before Mr Justice Reed 10-dav. The judge in Ids charge of the grand jury, i nmpliiiieul eil the district mi the comparative absence of crime, none of the three eases presenting any ditfir-ulty.
Xathaaiol hates. ohitrf'od with indecent assault at Tuatapere, uas found fvnilty of common assault, sentence hciii;c deferred pendiii" the Crown galheriii" iii|Vrmulion ie"ard:r." Ilia provtti.nce of similar occurrences in the onv iu rjitostion. His Honour remarked dial it was apparent in at least two otlic*r eases woman lint] liocn indeconll.v assaulted, but, for private reasons, no prosecution hail resulted. Decrees nisi, to ho made absolute in i !, reo months, wore "ranted on tlv> "rounds of desertion in five divorce cares.
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Hokitika Guardian, 21 May 1924, Page 4
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124INDECENT ASSAULT CASE. Hokitika Guardian, 21 May 1924, Page 4
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