AN ASSAULT CASE.

North Otago Times, 13 January 1906, Page 4

AN ASSAULT CASE.

?:??: / ■'."■ .¥Tclcgvapii.;i:.; : -;y ; . .■*■':•' ..•;■.;■ Auckland, January vii' >M " 10 r 'Pote..Court.:this' fndriiiMJas/ was charged with cont mittmg .an. aggravated -.•■ assault* "S'! Louisa Sclmtai, wife [of this licensed'ol to arosvenor llotcl, oii tlio ofDecember,. 2l.[;lt.:was,allcged<that-ac-1 cusiliUuscd insulting language' to' thcH daughter of the: licensee. Hc%s.or'dorcd off and, it is alleged the assault resulted, Dr Gorcgillon said he was called to attend Mrs Schiiltzo between halt-past 0 lllid'lo o'clock; She was! in bed, and was suffering from shock, and four.central iucrsive,teeth were missing, the ; loss ovl, Iciill)'having bccn,rcccnt. She was also bruised and cut about. A. number ' of teeth which the doctor produced In court corresponded, he said, to Mrs Sciiultze's missing ones. Other evidence as to ' the circumstances of the alleged assault was B'™\ J ' r Baumc, lor the" defence, sub. nutted that although an assault may have been committed, the .action'of Mrs Semite had been larircly responsible lot it, and that it was therefore no case to go to the Supreme Court. The Bench however, thought otherwise, and considered, under the circumstances and in justice to ■ society at large, the case should be tried before a jury, The defence was therefore 'reserved. Bail was allowed, in two sureties of £SO each and accused himself in ;£loo'.