ASSAULT ON MOTHER
MAGISTERIAL LENIENCY.
(Per Press Association.)
. PALMERSTON NORTH, August 29 Appearing before the Magistrate today, Frederick George Paulsen, who was remanded on heavy bail on Monday, when a suggestion was made that depositions might have to lie taken, pleaded guilty to a charge of aggravated assault on his mother.
Senior-Sergeant Whitehouse stated that at the instigation of another woman, who had been ordered out of the house, Paulsen attacked his mother. When she sought to defend herself with a stick, she suffered cuts on the wrist and head, .and an injured knee, and will be in hospital for another week. Defendant had borne a good character, being practically the sole support of his mother, and it was suggested that a fine might meet the case.
Mr. Stout, S.M., imposed a penalty of £5.
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Greymouth Evening Star, 29 August 1929, Page 5
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