CHARGE OF ASSAULT
MAORI COMMITTED FOR SENTENCE (United Press Association) GISBORNE, 19th December. Thomas Paumea Clarke, a half-caste Maori of Tolaga Bay was committed for sentence on a charge of assault with bodily harm on George Walker, another half-caste. The evidence showed that accused found Walker sleeping with a Maori girl who had jilted him the day before and attacked him with a hoe, inflicting head injuries necessitating hospital treatment.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXX, 21 December 1936, Page 7
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70CHARGE OF ASSAULT Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXX, 21 December 1936, Page 7
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