Supreme Court.
(Per Press ARsociation.)
BLENHEIM, Nov. 15. The criminal business of the Supreme Court was concluded to-day. Joseph H. Byrne, a young man, was found guilty of assaulting Patrick O'Driscoll at Blenheim on the night of September 4th, and was sentenced to five years' imprisonment. Mr Justice Cooper said that the assault was of an exceptionally brutal nature, and accused was fortuntft in not having to answer a more serious charge. Byrne hit O'Driscoll over the. head several times with a stone slung in a handkerchief while the latter was in a drunken condition, and O'Driscoll's injuries kept him in the hospital for several weeks. In four other cases the accused were acquitted either by the grand jury or by the common jury.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume XLI, Issue 8142, 16 November 1905, Page 3
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124Supreme Court. Manawatu Standard, Volume XLI, Issue 8142, 16 November 1905, Page 3
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