SOLICITOR ASSAULTED
ATTACK IN COURT LIBRARY. « (Per Press Association). WELLINGTON, Nov. 12 Convicted of assaulting Archibald Burnette Sievwright, a solicitor, m the Magistrate’s Court this afternoon, Percival Murray White, a cook, age 28, was convicted and sentenced oy Mr H. P. Lawry, S.M., to three days imprisonment with hard, labour. The assault was made in the Magistrate’s Court library about 4.30 p.m., and followed the heaving of a case in which Sievwright appeared as counsel. \n arrest was made on the spot by a constable, and White was brought before the bench immediately, it being stated in evidence that he had followed the solicitor into the library room and struck several blows, one of which caused a mouth injury.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 56, Issue 27, 13 November 1935, Page 5
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