WOODVILLE ASSAULT CASE.
WooDViLEE, August 26. At the Court on Saturday the case in which George Perfect, charged with an alleged brutal assault on his nephew, Arthur Hope, by striking him on the head with an iroii bar, occupied the whole day. The evidence for the defence showed that Hope had procured a gun barrel from his bedroom, which he admitted he intended to use in self-defence, but Perfect got the first blow in. Family troubles, alleged to have been caused by Hope, were stated to be the cause of the dispute. The Bench reduced the charge to one of common assault, and fined Perfect ,£lO and costs, and bound him over in three sureties of ,£SO each to keep the peace for 12 months.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XXIX, Issue 3769, 27 August 1907, Page 3
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125WOODVILLE ASSAULT CASE. Manawatu Herald, Volume XXIX, Issue 3769, 27 August 1907, Page 3
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