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ASSAULT CONDONED,
NOMINAL FINE IMPOSED,
{Per Press Association.—Copyright.) NELSON, This Day.
In giving his decision in a case in which James Grlbben was charged with assaulting Arthur Ernest Alfred Witten and inflicting facial injuries, as a result of which Witten spent four days in the h ospital, the magistrate, Mr. T. E. Maunsell, said the assault had not been denied, but the defence was one of extreme provocation. The magistrate could not believe that a meeting between Witten and defendant’s wife in Wellington was a chance meeting. The magistrate also said he was satisfied that Witten had broken up defendant’s home. It was not legal for Gribbcn to make the assault, but as long as human nature was what it was that would be the natural result, and no law could stop it. The magistrate said he would inflict a contemptuous penalty so far as Witten was concerned. A fine of 1/- without costs was imposed.
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Northern Advocate, 20 December 1932, Page 7
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