A TECHNICAL ASSAULT.
TAXI-DIUVER AND POLICE. A QUESTION' OF LAW. By Telegraph—-Press Association. Auckland, La«t Night. Mr Frazer, S.M., this afternoon, jjine an interesting judgment with regard It) tho charge of assault that was preferred, against -i police serge-ant by a taxi-cab driver who had refused to allow his cab to be u>'-ed for the purpose of conveying ti dirty, drunken l.ian to Uiu lockup. It vus not contended thnt any injury was done, or unnecessary foivc exerted, but, in the absence of legal justification, the Act constituted an a?;«Luit. The magistrate found that a technical assault luid been committed. The «ihd river was not entitled to refuse to assist the police when called upon to do so, but that did not give the sergeant justification for summarily depriving him of his cab. The sergeant was ordered to pay the costs.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVI, Issue 182, 31 January 1914, Page 5
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141A TECHNICAL ASSAULT. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVI, Issue 182, 31 January 1914, Page 5
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