FIREMAN AND OFFICER.
CHARGE OF ASSAULT. [HT TELXGBAPH.—FEESS ASSOCIATION'.] \ "Wellington, Tuesday. At the Magistrate's Court to-day Andrew . Euchan, second engineer of the steamer Star of England, was charged by William I TaUis, a fireman, with assault. ■ |.y It was alleged that a row started in th.* v; forecastle on Saturday night, and Valli3 | : - went to get Buchan to intervene. Buchan, £ however, according to complainant's evidence, responded by ordering him to " get out," emphasising the order by knocking '.Vallis down and kicking him- " For the defence it was alleged that the ;. men in the forecastle had been drinking, : and chased one of their number, a Russian ■ Finn, out of the quarters. The Finn
" ■sent to the officers for protection, and it r.rwas "when the other men got there that "Bochan ordered! them away. Defendant
iSatended that Vallis's hurts were the '■;h result of fighting in the forecastle.
- The magistrate dismissed the case, > siaifng that though the circumstances were •*' suspicious, the evidence was too contradic tory to base a conviction on.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume L, Issue 15237, 26 February 1913, Page 7
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