DOMINION ITEMS

Hokitika Guardian, 2 March 1931, Page 5

DOMINION ITEMS

ASSAULTING A CONSTABLE. (By Telegraph—Per Press Association) ASHBURTON,.March 2. Henry Blackwell, a labourer, charged with drunkeness and assault of a constable, resisting arrest and damaging a motor-car, was' sentenced to one month without the option, on the assault cl targe. After his arrest for drunkeness the accused suddenly turned on the constable hitting him across the mouth and hitting him in various parts of the body and tearing his trousers. The constable called a passerby for assistance, and when placed in a motor, the accused damaged it to the extent t>; 355, which he was ordered to pay. CORONER’S VERDICT GISBORNE, March 2. A verdict of accidental drowning, whilst bathing, was returned at the inquest on John .Marshall. The Coroner remarked that it was difficult to nc(ount for the drowning, as Afarshall was able to swim and the medical evidence showed that nothing was wrong with him physically or organically. The evidence of the police showed that a careful search of the bench failed to discover the clothes in which deceased left home, though a bicycle and towel were found

EXTRA RACE DAY. STB VTFORD. March 2. -Hie Stratford Racing Club has been granted an extra day’s racing and will race on Thursday, April 23rd.