A GROSS ASSAULT.
CHINAMAN RETALIATES WITH A KNIFE. By Telegraph. Press Association. Blenheim. L:\ii Night. A sequel t» the stabbing afVary which occurred in the pit lobby at 11 is .Majesty's Theatre on the liigtot ot January o. took place in tlie Magistrate's Court to day, when all chliM'tv Chinaman, ( how Lei, 'was charged with slabbing Perc.v Mnddock in several places with ■•. socket knife. Maddock was charged v.ith assaulting the Chinaman by st:;ik;ug !:im on the neck. The magistrate, who deprecated the use of a knife, took into viMwi.leraiwn the fact that 111- Chinaman was p.e'iiig an apple at the tiivie he was assaulted by Maddock. and that tic vva- 1 grcis-lv and repeatedlv provoked by UaddiA-k. who struck him a number of times, finally knocking li iin down, apparently without cause. ■ The Chinaman was acquitt-d. The magistrate strongly condemned the action of "Maddock all through the affair and fined him £lO r.nd costs ii 5s ."id.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVI, Issue 164, 10 January 1914, Page 5
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157A GROSS ASSAULT. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVI, Issue 164, 10 January 1914, Page 5
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