GUILTY OF ASSAULT

Evening Post, Volume CXI, Issue 107, 6 May 1926, Page 10

GUILTY OF ASSAULT

The trial of Andrew Moyes on the charge of assaulting Thomas Malachi BrenBan, licensee of the Britannia Hotel, so aa to cause him actual bodily harm, concluded yesterday afternoon. The defence was that it was a case of mistaken identity, and that Brennan had not been struck, but was tripped, and tad fallen, and so sustained the injury. Evidence was called for the defence. Mr. Jackson, who appeared for the accused, while cross-examining a witness for the prosecution, suggested that his evidence was concocted, and that the witness Lad been informed that there were four men on the jury who were influenced against the accused. _ "You suggest that members of the jury have discussed this matter with people outside?" queried his Honour Mr. justice Eeed. "Yes, your Honour." "How do you know?" asked his Honjdut. "That Is my information, your Honour, but I am not allowed to say who told me." . His Honour: "Before you make such jgravo allegations, you should make an inquiry as to the accuracy of your information." The jury returned a verdict of guilty jbf common assault, with a recommendation for leniency on' account of the priioner's youth, and he was sentenced to iis months'imprisonment, ."..'..