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MANSLAUGHTER CHARGE FOLLOWS QUARREL WELLINGTON, July 28. A charge against Leonard Netting, * labourer and brushmaker, agjfed 26, of causing the death of John Joseph Owen by an unlawful act, thereby committing manslaughter, was dismissed by Mr. J. H. Luxford. S.M., in the Petone Court to-day after the hearing of evidence. After hearing the evidence the magistrate said that he quite agreed there was no manslaughter charge to answer as most of the evidence showed that there had been a fight between two brothers, during which it appeared that the deceased had interfered and received a slight injury which In his condition caused complication that resulted in his death. This was misadventure.
The other charges were on a different footing. On the charges of assaulting Florence Lily Maude Owen and committing mischief by wilfully breaking 14 panes of glass and a gla s door of a total value of £23 19/Neiling w r as remanded to appear a 1 Petone next Wednesday, bail bem« allowed.
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Manawatu Times, Volume 63, Issue 179, 1 August 1938, Page 5
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168No Case to Answer Manawatu Times, Volume 63, Issue 179, 1 August 1938, Page 5
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