AN ENERGETIC OFFICER.

Temuka Leader, Issue 9416, 8 June 1882, Page 3

AN ENERGETIC OFFICER.

A telegram states that Detective Farrell who has baen a policeman 34 years, and a detective 20 years, has been dismissed for assaulting a man named Fraser at the Thames. The Auckland Herald gives the following particulars “It appears that Fraser and his mates had come into town, and were drinking, and finding that they were being followed and watched by the defendant, Fraser asked him for an explanation and an apology. Farrell replied that if they called at his office he would give them an apology, and they accordingly called. On reaching the office Farrell opened the door, and asked Fraser to entsr. He did so, thinking the others were to follow, but when lie got in the defendant shut them out, and barred the door on the inside. He then told Fraser to pull off his coat aud he would give him an apology. Farrell pulled his own off, and what followed Fraser did not exactly know. He was struck, and got stunned the first or second blow. Farrell had his arm round Fraser’s neck, and kept punching aw*ay. Fraser said, ‘ That’s enough,’ but he still kept at it. He then said, ‘ Do you want to kill a man altogether,’ and Farrell then let him go. By this time his mates had smashed the window. Farrell then produced a bucket of water and a broom, and told him to clear up the blood from the floor. He refused, but Farrell threatened to lock him up unless he did so, and he then swilled the room. Farrell afterwards told him to 1 clear out, and he went into the yard and washed his’ face. His left eye was completely blind, and he could only see a little with the other. He remained in a darkened room for three days by the doctor’s orders.