ASSAULT ON A CONSTABLE.
CASE AROUSES INTEREST. By Telegraph.—Press Association. Timaru, Last Night. Mr. E. D- Mosley, S.M., concluded to-day the hearing of a charge against two young men, Kerr and Walsh, of assaulting Constable Fisher while on night duty at 2 a.m. on October 23. Mr. .Hanlon (Dunedin) defended accused. The charge was one of unprovoked assault, and the defence suggested that the constable had previously challenged Kerr to fight, and did so that night. Both the accused swore that the constable attacked Kerr first. The constable aud a young man named Hall, who also happened to be with him, swore that Kerr attacked the constable, Walsh looking on till Kerr was down, and he then interfered and Hall went for another constable. Constable Fisher said he was kicked in the face and elsewhere, and a doctor corroborated this. The magistrate decided that accused were not to be believed, and he sent Kerr to gaol for two months’ hard labor and fined Walsh £lO. The case aroused a good deal of interest.
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Taranaki Daily News, 15 November 1921, Page 5
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173ASSAULT ON A CONSTABLE. Taranaki Daily News, 15 November 1921, Page 5
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