UNLUCKY BAILIFF

Taranaki Daily News, 20 September 1940, Page 8

UNLUCKY BAILIFF

By Telegraph—Press Association.

CALLED WITH SUMMONS % GOT SPELL IN HOSPITAL

Hamilton, Last iNigftt. A sequel to the serving of a summons on a Te Rapa resident when a bailiff was violently attacked by the resident's sons was heard in the Police Court at Hamilton when charges of assault were preferred against Leonard Vincent Windsor Brown, aged 19, and Robert Alexander Wilson Brown, aged 18. The bailiff, Michael McCormack, stated that when he called to serve a summons Leonard Brown ordered him off the property, and then he was knocked . down and attacked by the two accused and an elder brother. After the scuffle he? freed himself and summoned the police but he received injuries which necessitated his admission to hospital for nearly five weeks. "Blatant Perjury." Leonard Brown admitted the offence but his younger brother denied having taken any part in the scuffle, a statement which was supported in evidence by the third brother. The magistrate, M*r. W. L. Paterson, declined to accept this version, stating that he considered the evidence blatant perjury. In fact the third brother was fortunate not to be charged with assault. He viewed the case very seriously and, because of that, and also to lmpose a deterrent the penalty on Leonard Brown would have to be severe. A sentence of Borstal detention not exceeding a year was imposed on Leonard Brown while Robert was ordered to come up for sentence within 12 months if called upon with the provision that he would not be required to appear if he reported, to the police weekly.