ASSAULT ON DRIVER
- . THREE WEEKS’ GAOL . ; ■ (rmesa association tmsgxaic.) *y,- *' DUNEDIN, August 21./| In the Magistrate’s Court, PatndKpSi Rogers, a Kaitengata miner aged m, j was charged with assaulting a taxi driver/ Rogers alleged that the insulted a female companion. a . The police said that it was an aa-. gravated assault in disgraceful con tions. The accused and a woman „ been drinking in a hotel till reque to leave on account of boisterous con duct. In response to a call, a w***. ■ arrived, and the pair embarked gether with a suitcase containing .. quor and a demijohn of. beer, ; An argument arose durmg the q_ri over the fare, but the womanThe accused, objecting to the ment, struck the driver, foremg / from the seat till he fell in the r _ / . W The taxi careered on, jumping out, while the woma s-s n | n g : < over a bank with the ar * su after - ■ a fracture of the skull. Even aft the accident,, the accused persisted.*- . his attacks. , • The Magistrate imposed a sentence v three weeks in gaol.
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Press, Volume LXXV, Issue 22795, 22 August 1939, Page 14
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174ASSAULT ON DRIVER Press, Volume LXXV, Issue 22795, 22 August 1939, Page 14
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