PAYING FOR HIS OPINION
Adverse remarks on New Zealanders and New Zealand football were said by Mr. "W. E. Leicester in the Magistrates' Court yesterday to have caused Walter Norris, a young clerk, to loss his temper and punch John Weir in the eye on Saturday night. The charge against Norris was one of assault, and he pleaded guilty. Sub-Inspector Lander said while Weir was in a fish shop about 10.15 p.m. on Saturday Norris came in and mentioned something • about a football match. Then, without giving Weir a chance, he struck the complainant violently on the face, and badly damaged his eye. The assault, he believed, was a most unprovoked and severe one. Some passers-by pointed Norris out to a policeman. At first the defendant denied having struck Weir, but subsequently admitted the offence. He then ran away, but was caught. Mr. Leicester said that his instructions were that Weir was the real aggressor. Norris resented some remarks passed about New Zealanders and New Zealand football, and in the heat of the moment struck Weir. The Magistrate (Mr. J. H. Salmon, S.M.) fined Norris £5, in default one month's imprisonment, and ordered that £2 10s of the fine be paid to "Weir for medical expenses.
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Evening Post, Volume CVI, Issue 53, 11 September 1928, Page 4
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