AN EXPENSIVE ASSAULT.
Wellington, Last Night,
In giving his decision in an as-i sault case to-day, Mr McCarthy, S.M., replying to a statement of counsel that the defendant had considerable provocation, and that this should be taken into consideration, said he v r as not going to recognise the unwritten law. A man had been assaulted by two soldiers in Auckland, and two men were assaulted in Feilding, and he was not going to be a party to the recognition of any unwritten law. There was a proper legal course to pursue, and it would never do to allow a suspicious young husband to take the law into his own hands. The defendant was fined £lO.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XL, Issue 1796, 2 March 1918, Page 2
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116AN EXPENSIVE ASSAULT. Manawatu Herald, Volume XL, Issue 1796, 2 March 1918, Page 2
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