ASSAULT CHARGES
COMMITTAL -FOFf TRIAL
(By Telegraph—Press Association.)
NAPIER, May 7,
Three assault charges preferred against a Napier labourer,-' Samuel Smith, aged 59, in the Magistrate's Court at Napier this morning were the outcome of an alleged fracas in a house at Carlyle Street, Napier, on. March 22. Smith, who was represented by Mr. S. H. Morrison, pleaded not guilty to charges of assaulting Charles Cording, Robert Spears, and Isabella Cording, additional charges of intended and actual bodily harm being preferred in connection with Charles Cording and Robert Spears respectively. Several bloodstained exhibits were produced in court. ■
The accused, after the police evidence had been heard, pleaded not guilty and was committed for trial to the next session - f the Supreme Court at Napier.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXIII, Issue 108, 8 May 1937, Page 15
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