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IN THE COURTS.

ASSAULT on FARMER'S WIFE, MAORI ADMITS OFFENCE. ■'Press Association} WM ANGA REi, .May. 22, Ad a sequel to a scrio:::; assault- in Church raid, Jiaitaia, op May ‘3. wlri! Mrs. Ellen Lrion, wife of a ‘arincri, was knocked uncon '.cion:; by blows on the h ad and node with a peai'illo, a young Maori. Hukuona Burn, pleaded guilty at the Kaitiuu Police Court, and was remand.d to tho Sup nemo Court for .w utence. The evidence allowed that when Mrs.. Brjen entered the farm hands' bach to clean up nrttl make the hr.ti. die was attacked by a in'.in whom she discovered rilling the pocket of a coat. On recover inf.;, conseiousno::: she stumbled towards the 'eowsh<\; whena her husband and the bands summonrd a- doctor and cough!; tho culprit. Mrs Rr'en was- in hospital for three weeks. Accused was arrested it: tho afternoon on a chaige tvf assault. He' confessed to tho assault and al o admitted the theft of .£*4.

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Gisborne Times, Volume LXXXIV, Issue 12869, 23 May 1936, Page 7

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IN THE COURTS. Gisborne Times, Volume LXXXIV, Issue 12869, 23 May 1936, Page 7

IN THE COURTS. Gisborne Times, Volume LXXXIV, Issue 12869, 23 May 1936, Page 7