ASSAULT CHARGE.
FARM LABOURER'S ARREST. ALLEGED USE OP HAMMER. Allegations of a serious nature were made- when Patrick Charles Lawrence, aged 23, farm hand, appeared in the Police Court this morning, charged with assaulting Howard Stenning Stone yesterday. ) Sub-inspector Fox obtained a remand until October 30. Mr. Hopkins, who appeared for Lawrence, asked- that bail bo allowed. "If bail is granted I would ask that it be. fairly substantial/ , said Subinspector Fox. "Accused is > alleged to have struck his employer's son on the head with a. hammer. Stone is not too well and the police will not be able to see him for a few days.' I would_ also like it made a condition, if bail is allowed, that-Lawrence, does not go near the complainant, who is afraid of this ban."
In fixing bail at £50, Mr. F. K. Hunt, 5.M.,-told Lawrence not to go near complainant."
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Auckland Star, Volume LXVI, Issue 251, 23 October 1935, Page 9
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147ASSAULT CHARGE. Auckland Star, Volume LXVI, Issue 251, 23 October 1935, Page 9
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