PRIZE FIGHTS AND THE LAW.
Judge 1 Cooper has done a service to the community by stating what is theprecise, law in regard to prize-fights. Everybody may not agree that a heinoug offence is committed in a test of prowess by use of fisticuffs. Indeed, the settlement of disputes and the deciding of laurels by the uso of the fists appears to be ingrained in the British nature. At the same time it is well to know that one of the first principles in British law is the preservation of humam life. The man who injures another In a prize-fight is amenable to the law as any other person who may • commit. an assault. Those, who are of a pugilistic turn of mind should paste this information in their hats. It may be useful.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10712, 4 September 1912, Page 4
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134PRIZE FIGHTS AND THE LAW. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10712, 4 September 1912, Page 4
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