ASSAULT ON A CHINAMAN
. A WARKIt^Tp.tiONST^BLES. ITINI-fID ittkHjJ ABSOCIAIiON.] . WS&LSSJtON, Siinday. At the StiMfetoftidduH yesterday, John Poehugrin ifnic.,. Stephen Ferdinand wero acquited of. ft chance ,of assaulting a Chinaman. Mr Jnstire CtxJper remarked as to the constable disclosing certain alleged factsj Wliic-i were not told in the Magistrate'!! Cotltt. His Honor emphasised that £t Wis the duty of every constable whea a $ Hsotter was taken before a Magistrate^ t«S' keep back nothing in giving his Evidence. In-the present case it was quite open' to the jury to accept the constable's evidence if it saw fit, but he wished again to emphasise that the constable's evidence was open to very severe criticism.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLIII, 8 February 1909, Page 1
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