THE POWELKA HUNT.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 373, 26 April 1910, Page 5

THE POWELKA HUNT.

A CASE OF ASSAI'LT. By Telegraph-Press Association. Palmerston ~orth, Last Niirht. The Powelka limit was responsible lor a case of assault which before Mr. A. D. Thomson. S.M., to-dav. The parties were Herbert Vatican and William Abbot Weeks! and the ease arose out of defendant, an old man of si:;lv years of age. throwing a large stone & plaintiir and striking him durhi" a heated di>cussion as to the character and ■personality of Powelka.

Herbert Vnugl.au. fanner, of Awapuni Mid that on 12th April last he was at Hie factory at Awapuni supplying milk. Defendant and others discussed (he Powelka incidents at some length. Weeks took the side of IWelka nnd J«l the latter was , better man'.han witness. Witness said that Weeks must he a confederate. Weeks got into a pnwion. and hol.l Powelka up' as „ )„,,,, and an innocent man. He said it was the police who .wore the guilty parties and that they shot Sergeant' Ma,,, re' Weeks sam | Wo lka was npvpr ■ Weeks also put forward the theorv that the police stole all the furniture/which crime ™* '-aid at the door of a, i o cent man. The poli,e, Weeks conside ed were the greatest set of bladcgnan ho Place, and far worse than Pow'k Witness came down and shook defend ant Ho turned to go away, and w£ P eked up a largo stone and threw U I"Uing ;Ti tnesson top of the head ' William Abbot Weeks, dxtv VCnr „ of age, said he had a friendly argumen to begin with about Powelka. ° VatHr n ns( ;;rt Ph tiff 1 , bef ° re hC W ' lS con "<-t«l. J la.ntilT called witness a confederate nnd swore at him. Witness swore lack and -plaintiff Jumped out of his cart and--11 . ™ »" s tllr "" ""><* before ho re ■winch glazed plaintiff's head *ns bio light on by Weeks. If the souffle had ended the quarrel he would W eated (he matter lightly. The throw"l? of a stone altered the complexion «ftheo„ se , B i noet , lism idtthave much mo,, serious. Defendant and fined £2. wifh costs « 15s