SCENE IN THE NAPIER COURT.
Napier, June 14.
There was an extraordinary scene in the Supreme Court this morning, when John Boyd, alias Hutton, was brought up on a charge of obstructing the railway. He pleaded guilty. When asked if he had anything to say for himself, he launched into a most horrible profanity and filthy language, swearing at Judge Richmond, the gaoler, and the police.. His Honor remarked that the man must be mad, when, with a string of oaths he declared that it was his Honor who was mad. He was sentenced to fifteen years' penal servitude. He was either a dangerous lunatic or a criminal of the worat class. He added that he would represent the case to the Minister of Justice.
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Oamaru Mail, Volume IV, Issue 1307, 15 June 1880, Page 2
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125SCENE IN THE NAPIER COURT. Oamaru Mail, Volume IV, Issue 1307, 15 June 1880, Page 2
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