ASSAULT CHARGE
N.Z. .UYSTEHY HOUSE CASE
(Australian Press Association.)
SYDNEY. February 18.
To-day there was a sequel in Court to the series of incidents on Saturday in which the New Zealand mystery horse, Supreme Court, figured, w hen men forcibly took the horse from the Kensington, stables of Albert Cain, while Cain was. on his way from Warwick' Fra in races, aniT they are alleged to have assaulted .Mrs Cain who attempted to stop them from' lcmoving the horse. The police found Supreme Court in a stable at Randwick, and later a man, who claimed to be an attorney for the owner, took possession of the horse. To-day Gordon "William Watson, aged 27, .jockey; Ronald William Watson, aged 29, jockey; and Alfred William Twyman, aged 35, clerk, were remanded at the Police Court.
They were charged with unlawfully assaulting Mrs Eileen Cain, on Saturday* Ihe prosecution alleged that the three defendants, in company with two others, had gone to Mrs Cain’s home and knocked her about rather badly. The prosecution added that it was also alleged that the racehorse. Supreme Court was taken, and that, in eonneettmi therewith, further charges would be preferred.
The defendants’ counsel .intimated that the defence was a perfect alibi.
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Hokitika Guardian, 19 February 1935, Page 5
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