ASSAULT ON TRAIN
Youth Fined £2O (JfJ?. Press Association) PALM NORTH. May 22. To kick a man who in on the ground is inexcusable. 1; is the act of a lout." Mr D G Sinclair S.M.. told Cyril l-ane Horsefall aged 18. apprentice plumber, in ‘.he Palmerston North Magistrate’s Court when convicting him of assaulting Bruce Murray Forward wath intent fo injure. Horsefall, who pleaded not guilty, was represented by Mr H. Y. Gilliand. He was convicted and fined £2O. ordered to pay £3O 7» witnesses’ expenses and Court costs and placed on probation for two years Staior-Sergeam C. Smillie. said Forward, a police constable off duty, boarded the Auckland Limited express at Palmerston North about 9 30 p m. on April 6. He could not find a vacant seat so stood in a vestibule during his trip to Feilding. Forward spoke to a Maori youth about the language he was using and was attacked by him. Horsefall came out and joined in the fight, kicking him w'hile he was lying semiconscious on the floor. Horsefall denied striking Forward and said he was try. ing to restrain the Maori youth.
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Press, Volume CI, Issue 29829, 23 May 1962, Page 9
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