MINER PROVOKED.
[BY TH.M.GE.APH. OWN CORRESPONDENT.]
Waihi, Tuesday. At today's sitting of the Magistrate's Court, before Mr. F. J. Burgess, S.M., a miner named F. Charters pleaded not guilty to charges of assault and offensive behaviour while travelling in a railway carriage between Paeroa and Karangahake. The evidence satisfied His Worship that accused had had strong provocation and lie dismissed the charge of offensive behaviour. *
A conviction was entered up on the charges of assault and Charters was ordered to pay costs.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LII, Issue 15834, 3 February 1915, Page 9
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82MINER PROVOKED. New Zealand Herald, Volume LII, Issue 15834, 3 February 1915, Page 9
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