PLUTO FINED
INCIDENT IN BOXING BOUT LICENSE TO BE DEALT WITH ' (By Telegraph—Press Association) PALMERSTON N., This Day. Following the sensational ending to the professional boxing match last night when Bill Pluto was disqualified after striking the referee Pluto was arrested at his hotel on a charge of assaulting the referee. He was released on bail and appeared before Justices of the Peace to-day and pleaded guilty. - ' Mr Ongley, solicitor for the defendant, said that Pluto received a good deal of provocation from outside the ring. He was highly strung‘and had expressed- his regret immediately after the incident. He apologised to the referee, who did not desire a prosecution, nor did the boxing association. Counsel described the charge as trivial.
The police said that the assault had taken place in public. Such conduct could not be allowed to continue or it might become general. The Bench imposed a fine of - £2 10s.
The , Manawatu Boxing Association meantime is holding up Pluto’s 40 per cent, loser’s share of the'' £75 purse, pending a decision by the New Zealand Council, which will also deal with Pluto’s license.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXX, 26 November 1936, Page 7
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185PLUTO FINED Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXX, 26 November 1936, Page 7
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