ASSAULT CASE.
V fin rpNWED PRESS! ABSrCIATIO *:} 1 WjSLtiiNGTON{ December 21. ■? At the ,;Magwtrafe'sGoiu't- today ' D M. PohieroyY fourth officer of the Rofomahaua, was charged witti assaultinff a seaman named. P; Comerford. The accuisel the offence. The informant and two ottos' Showed th>^ shortly j after 6 o'clock ti»is inprning the menwett* employed washing down the decks, when an altercation ensued us to the washing of a sheep net, the re?»lt being that the fourth mate struck the prosecutor twice m m the right eye. £he •accused admitted that he had struck the man once, Coratrford having pro Yoked him by striking him. _jn the eye. A fine of L 2 and costs was imposed.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 21, 22 December 1883, Page 3
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115ASSAULT CASE. Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 21, 22 December 1883, Page 3
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