A BLACKGUARD

NZ Truth, Issue 1196, 1 November 1928, Page 7

A BLACKGUARD

Boomerang Effect Of Assault # (From "N.Z. TruthV' Hawera Hep.) A girl cycling homo along a quiet country road after an evening's entertainment at the * local pictures . . . a young man of loose moral- fi&te accosts .her ...>;an-as-sault, screams m the riight and the subsequent sequelT^the^.young ' man m the dock facirig'a grave : charge. . :;:.:; CAMUEL WILSON, a farm hand working near Hawera, may have been a man before he so cowardly attacked a . young" girl" ~of twenty when she was returning home from: town, but now he stands as an outcast, ostracised by all decent men. He also awaits sentence at the hands of ,'a Supreme ? Court .judge Lin New Plymouth, - having previously pleaded guilty to ,a grave charge before two justices' of the peace at Hawera recently./' Early m the present month, the girl, having spent the evening at the pictures with her parents, left them, to journey home on her cycle; they having gone on m a car. :^ Some distance down the South Road she passed three young men also riding cycles. Wilson was one of them. Later he left his .companions and caught up to the girl with the avowed intention of taking her' home. He greeted the -feminine cyclist with a "hello girlie; you're still here," and placed his arm round her shoulder as they 1 cycled on. The girl took no notice of his advances and he removed Ills hand. ■ . Later, however, he became -familiar and placed a hand on her knee. The girl slapped his face, but while doing so the cad Wilson pushed her.violently so that she rah into a hedge. An argument followed and ultimately the man threw he> on to • the grass, attempting to kiss her. * Wilson then disarranged the girl's cJbthing m an attempt to carry out his nefarious purpose/but the girl screamed and fought him off. Her efforts: were rewarded when, the : farm hand ran off to ■ his bike and cycled down . the . road. The girl's parting threat to -place the police on his tracks was soon fulfilled, for last week he faced and admitted the cowardly and brutal charge preferred against him. After she had arrived home she discussed her unpleasant adventure with her sister and the next morning informed her parents. . The girl's mother, m evidence, said her daughter's return alone was not customary.- -The girl, as a rule, was well able to look after herself.