ASSAULT CHARGES FAIL.
FARMER AND EMPLOYEE ACQUITTED. VFBESS ABSOCIATIO* TKLEGBAJt.) HAMILTON. June 11. In the Supreme Court before Mr Justice Herdman to-day, the hearing of charges of assault and causing bodily harm against Neils Theodore Larsen, aged 54, a farmer of Te Kuiti, and his employee, John McKay Smith, aged 35, occupied all day. Accused had & dispute with John Appleton on Larsen'6 property. The prosecution attempted to show that Larsen threw a stone and broke Appleton's skull, nearly killing him. The evidence for the defence was that Appleton was very abusive and aggressive. Smith, retaliating, threw Appleton, who, according to tho defence, then struck hi* head on a stone, afterwards walking home. The jury returned a verdict of not guilty on all counts, and the accused were discharged.
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Press, Volume LXV, Issue 19643, 12 June 1929, Page 15
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