SEAMAN FINED
ASSAULT ON SHIP’S DOCTOR INCIDENT ON THE TAINUI (By Telegraph—Press Association! WELLINGTON, This Day. J. Harmer, a seaman, was charged before the Magistrate, Mr Mosley, today with assault and pleaded guilty. “He is probably the least culpable of men who struck me,” said Dr. J. L. Barford, of the steamer Tainui. “He evidently though he was acting for his friends.” Witness said the accused and another came to his cabin on Monday evening, both under the influence of drink. Harmer disputed statements witness had made in a letter to the hospital authorities concerning a man who had been admitted from the ship. Later several drunken men used abusive language to witness and accused struck him in the face. Accused went outside
and two other men struck witness. Accused said that he was not drunk, but in a temper. He thought that his friends had not had a fair go.
The Magistrate: “And you thought that striking the ship’s doctor would help your friend.” A fine of £2 was imposed, in default 14 days’ imprisonment with hard labour.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXXI, 20 October 1937, Page 5
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179SEAMAN FINED Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXXI, 20 October 1937, Page 5
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