FINED A SHIELING
CASE OF JUSTIFIABLE ASSAULT
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NELSON, De c embe r 19. In giving his decision in a case where James Gribben wns charged with assaulting Arthur Ernest Alfred' Wiffen, indicting facial injuries, necessitating four day s in hospital, the Magistrate, Mr T. E. Maunsell, said that the assault had not been denied, but the defence was one of extreme provocation. The Magistrate said that he could not believe that the meeting bewteen Wiffen and the defendant’s wife m Wellington was a chance meeting. The Magistrate was also satisfied that Wiffen" had broken up the defendant’s home. “It was not legal for Gribben to make an assault,” he said, “"but, as long a s human nature was what it was, that will be the natural result, and no law can stop it.” The Magistrate said he would inflict a contemptous penalty ®o far as Wiffen was concerned. One (shilling fine without cost s was inflicted.
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Hokitika Guardian, 20 December 1932, Page 5
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160FINED A SHIELING Hokitika Guardian, 20 December 1932, Page 5
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