MAGISTRATE ASSAULTED
ATTEMPT TO STOP DOG FIGHT
(By Telegraph—Press Association)
WANGANUI, This Day.
While proceeding to separate two dogs which were lighting in a Patea street on Friday, Mr J. H. Salmon, S.M., was assaulted by the owner of one of the" dogs, Maui Onekura, who as a result was fined £5 to-day by Justices in the Patea Court on a charge .of assault, together with an additional £5 on a charge of urging dogs to fight. Tt was,stated by Constable Kelly that the case was not one of an ordinary dog fight. The animals had been fighting for some time, and though distressed were being urged to continue', when Mr Salmon arrived. Actuated by humanitarian motives Mr Salmon was proceeding to separate the combatants, when he was thrown roughly aside by the accused, who was one of a considerable crowd, and continued to urge the dogs to light. Mr Salmon personally escorted the accused on the way to the police station till he by a constable.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXIV, 31 March 1930, Page 5
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