A VICIOUS BLOW.
POLICEMAN STRUCK BY WOMAN
(BY TELEGHAPB —PRESS ASSOCIATION.! ' .. AUCKLAND, Sept. 12. At the Police Court a married' woman was fined £3 for assaulting a police sergeant. The officer stated that accused and another woman rode their horses on the footpath iff Karangahape Road to shelter from the rainfi and he told defendant that she would have to move her mount into the- roadway, but she ,e----?%ri ed , hlm disdainfully and replied: i" ea dy.” On witness reP yin tt that she was breaking the bylaw. and be would have to take her name unless she moved off. defendant became heated and said: “You dare to speak to me, you cad.” She repeated f°,move or give her name. \\ ltness then reached for the horse s bridle, intending to lead it into the road, when defendant dealt him a T th her ridin S e), op, saying. dare you touch a lady’s horse. She then cantered off to. regam her companion, who had discreetly withdrawn during the argument h,.„. \ vaf \ a,so fined £1 for a bieach of the by-law.
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Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 13 September 1924, Page 7
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180A VICIOUS BLOW. Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 13 September 1924, Page 7
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