TWO MEN FINED FOR ASSAULT

Press, Volume CI, Issue 29713, 5 January 1962, Page 11

TWO MEN FINED FOR ASSAULT

Night Incidents At St. Arnaud

For assaulting a sheepfarmer at St. Arnaud, late on Wednesday night, two brothers. Trevor Desmond Allison and Francis Powell Allison, both carpenters of Christchurch, were each fined £lO and ordered to pay costs bv Mr G A Nicholls. S.M., in the Magistrate's Court at Nelson yesterday. Senior-Sergeant E B McCallum told the Court that the complaintant. A H McConochie. of The Lake station. St Arnaud, found a spotlight shining over his house and paddock about 1010 pm. and drove in his car to investigate He found the defendants parked in their car about a quarter of a mile away, and asked for their car number. Complaintant was first threatened and then struck three times by Trevor Allison, and once by the other, defendant When McCor.ochie’s father arrived on the scene, his son was again struck and he himself threatened The two McConochie's returned to the son's house followed 10 minutes later by the defendants who refused to leave. When McConochie telephoned the police, obscene language was used in front of Mrs McConochie and an attempt made to cut off the call. The defendants then left, saying they were going to the home of McConochie senior. Mr McConochie immediately telephoned his own wife, telling her to lock all doors

Sergeant McCallum said that the defendants were seen to drive into the gateway of The Lake homestead, back into the roadway, and wait there half an hour before returning to Lake Rotoiti. where they were staying with their families.

Questioned by the Magistrate, defendants said they did not know why the argument started. The parties were well-known to each other.

The Magistrate said it was clear there was something to the case the Court had not been

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