UNUSUAL ASSAULT CASE.
OLD LADY THROWN DOWN. [BT TELEGRAPH.— ASSOCtATHBf.] Dcxeddt, Tuesday. An- unusual assault case was heard ai the PoHce Conrt to-day. Arthur Jardine Lockie was sentenced to two " months'
imprisonment for assaulting 3lrs, Ush*« wood, ■who is about 70 years of age, OB the night of September 15. Loekie caogM Mrs. Usherwood by the throat and threw her down, severely bruising her. Ther* was no suggestion of indecency. The «*». 1 for the defence was that accused 1h» -.-'. been drinking, and remembered nothing
more until next morning, when he wok* in the police cell. The magistral* described the assault as a very bad on* >
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LII, Issue 16035, 29 September 1915, Page 6
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