TWO MONTHS’ GAOL
TOLAGA BAY MAORI
ASSAULT AND LANGUAGE
Sentences of one month’s imprisonment on each of two charges, the sentences to be cumulative, were imposed by Messrs. C. 1 E. Smith and H. L. Tempest, J.P.’s, in the Magistrate’s Court in Tolaga Bay yesterday on a-young Maori, Rewai Pahina, who pleaded guilty to assault and the use of obscene language. On a charge of disorderly behaviour, to which he also pleaded guilty, the accused was convicted and discharged. Constable W. H.< Bradley stated on Saturday that the? accused -struck another person in the face, the latter being rendered unconscious. Prior to that a complaint had been received from a storekeeper regarding the use of obscene language.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20628, 2 December 1941, Page 6
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117TWO MONTHS’ GAOL Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20628, 2 December 1941, Page 6
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