CLAIM RULED OUT
ASSAULT CHARGE
LEGAL NEGLIGENCE ALLEGED
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WELLINGTON, December 12.
Negligence by a legal . firm representing, her in an application for relief under ' the Mortgagors Relief Act was alleged in the Supreme Court to-day by Mrs Marie .Josephine Searle. Her claim for £4OO damages was disallowed by Mr Justice Blair, and judgment was given lor the defendant firm, Messrs Perry, Perry and Pape.
MAN COMMITTED FOR TRIAL.
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WELLINGTON. December 13,
Mr Page, S.M., committed to the Supreme Court for trial, Benjamin Kirkbride, who pleaded not guilty to a charge of assaulting Clifford Baxter so as to cause actual bodily harm. The alleged assault took place on August 26. A witness, Robert Wilson, gave it as his opinion that Baxter slipped and broke his leg through a pure accident.
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Hokitika Guardian, 14 December 1933, Page 8
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135CLAIM RULED OUT ASSAULT CHARGE Hokitika Guardian, 14 December 1933, Page 8
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