The danger of throwing missiles m an indiseriminate manner was lllustrated by a case heard in the. Juvenile rv>n• Auckland, whcTv a .lad from the Normal School Welleslcy street was charged with havmg aseaulte'd one of his school fellows. Ser- ' ceant Hendry said that the case was i painful one. During- a recent-dinner '' hour the boys had been playing cricket aSool, and the lad w\o ♦n ha*e been assaulted pontmualfr placed the/ball in the. direction of the. defendant. Thisappeared^toannoy the-fieldsman, who said that it tne fcall went in his direction again ho would hit him. The batsman again t>laeed the ball in that spot, and the . defendant thereupon picked nf brick and threw it at .his mate, striking r him on the head. The congruences were serious as the boy s skull was fractured, and for some dajs he 1,7 between life, and tatlThe defendant., who had matter bad Sat information. ■ ■ - -
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Manawatu Standard, Issue XLI, 17 December 1908, Page 5
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