HOWARD ELLIOTT.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume XXXVII, Issue 9125, 22 October 1917, Page 4

HOWARD ELLIOTT.

FURTHER ADJOURNMENT OF ASSAULT CASE.

1 AUCKLAND, October 20, ' Tho charge against Christopher. ■ Charles Clements of assaulting. Rev,.. Mo ward Elliott was mentioned in the i, Police Court to-day, when an applicaf tion. was made for a longer adjourni uient.

■ Mr-J. It. Reed, K.C., sta-ted that^ I the defence, was extreme provocation. i ,It was intended to obtain evidence that, 'slanderous statements had been made publicly by Elliott, and also that the ata.teruen.tjj. made were without war*rant* It was necessary to obtain part , , of the evidence given before the Post ; Office Commission, and also to obtain, 'evidence from- Tauinar'unui; " v _ Sub-Inspector Broberg opposed the , application' ot»i the ground* that,, so- far .as he was'concerned, the matter was merely one of assault,'and that-the-matters mentioned by Mr Ileed did not •; concern the qnetsion'of whether or,not - ' .an assault -had been --committed: ■ ', His Worship remarked that as the outstanding facts-'of iftte' assault' Were ■ candidly admitted, and -the defence was provocation, it was only fair to giv&tn* i defendant* an opportunity to prove provocation. Of course there was the / question of how far it was proper to-^j admit evidence applicable to an action | for slander in- the course of what was J merely a prosecution for assault. His Worship asrreed that the case should stand till Tuesday, Ihe day of the original remand, on tho understanding I tint a romand till Wednesday week would be granted. ,