ASSAULT ON A BAKER.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXX, Issue 425, 18 August 1908, Page 3

ASSAULT ON A BAKER.

An incident of the Strike

Light was thrown on some of the circumstances of the bakers’ strike at Wellington on Friday last by a case heard before Mr W. P. James, S.M. Alexander Davidson, a baker, and Walter Kilkolly, a labourer, were jointly charged with assaulting one James Heron, a baker, near Brooklyn, on Bth August.

His Worship said there had been a good deal of exaggeration about the seriousness of the injuries from the assault. It was perfectly certain that they had gone up to Brooklyn to look after the complainant. Davidson did not seem to have much to do with the matter, and the case against him would be dismissed. Kilkolly had gone up to have some fun, and being a sprinter wanted a bit of a run. He had done a little thumping too. It was no use imposing a fine in his case as the union would pay. He would have to pay for his fun by 14 days’ imprisonment. On hearing the sentence, Kilkolly burst into tears, and Davidson, who had been discharged, returned to the dock and offered to go to prison in place of Kilkolly, who, he said, was not really to blame. Kilkolly’s age was taken as 17 years. No notice was taken of Davidson’s offer, and the two accused left the Court by different doors.