TAXI-DRIVER ASSAULTED
MINER SENT TO GAOL. [per press association.] DUNEDIN, .August 21. The plea of chivalry was put forward by counsel in the Police Court, ip extenuation of the assault on a taxidriver by Patrick Rogers, a Kaitangata miner, 30, he alleging that the driver insulted his female companion. The police stated that it was an aggravated assault, in disgraceful conditions. Accused and the woman had been drinking in an hotel, till they were requested to leave, on account of their boisterous conduct. In response to a call, the taximan arrived, and the pair embarked, together with a suitcase containing liquor and a demijohn of beer. An argument arose during the- drive, over the fare, but the woman paid. Accused, objecting to the settlement,- struck the driver, forcing him from his seat till he fell in the roadway. The taxi careered on, accused jumping out, while the woman went over a bank with the car. sustaining a skull fracture. Evon after the accident, accused persisted in his attacks.
The S.M. inflicted a sentence of three weeks’ gaol.
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Greymouth Evening Star, 21 August 1939, Page 5
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