FINED FOR ASSAULTING A CONSTABLE.
Wellington Feb. 2(5,
In the Supreme Court, Mr Justice Chapman inflicted a tine of £5 on Charles Henderson, who was recently found guilty of common assault on Constable Fitzgerald, whom he found in his house. His Honour said the Jury’s finding was clear, and there was no necessity to refer the case to the Appeal Court. The verdict was unequivocal. It was a verdict of guilty on a count of common assault based on Henderson’s evidence, and any other would have been wrong in law. The jury did not find Justification for the assault, but that sufficient provocation had been given. Henderson, however, had extended the assault far beyond the exigencies of the ease and must be punished.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXIX, Issue 1679, 27 February 1917, Page 3
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123FINED FOR ASSAULTING A CONSTABLE. Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXIX, Issue 1679, 27 February 1917, Page 3
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