Month's Imprisonment For Assault on Policeman
Auckland, Aug. 24. Wiremu Hunia Hiroki, aged 25 years, a Maori soldier, was sentenced to one month's imprisonment in the police court for assaultmg1' Constable Vincent while in the execution of his duty. The police said that the constable was speaking to a group of Maori soldiers in Queen Street on Saturday evening. Hiroki rushed in and hit Vincent on the mouth, causing a tooth to go through his cheek. He assaulted another constable and knocked his helmet off. The scene became ugl.v and a baton had to be used lo arrest Hiroki.
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Taranaki Daily News, 25 August 1942, Page 4
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99Month's Imprisonment For Assault on Policeman Taranaki Daily News, 25 August 1942, Page 4
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