BIT COMPLAINANT'S EAR.
- STRANGE ASSAULT OABE. "... ' '.'V.'l'l '( MAGISTRATE'S CONDEMNATION. i " There are men of jcertaiu > nations who use their teeth and knives and other weapons that fare not used by British people," remarked Mr. W. G. Riddell, S.M., it the Magistrate's Court' in Wellington, in fining Martin ! Frazer £10 ; for assaulting Claude Elista ('Miles.''(("'An. assault of ? this kind is ! a little over the odds," , continued the magistrate. f; "One would ! expect to ; find such ' a thing ! only among dagoes." -.( - t' ;v Dr. -' Bowerbank's evidence showed ( that he : had . treated Miles for a lacerated! ear. On examination he found that part of the lobe,was. missing. ' The complainant, in giving evidence, i said the accused asked ? him "if. hi. . was another : of ; the / dirty ; hundred,'v-ftheri jumped on him and bit part of his ear off. "When he > bit fmy ear off) ho ran for - his life," declared the complainant. "He had hold of my ear"about a minute." The charge was commenced fas an indictable one, but after . hearing ; part of the evidence the magistrate • reduced the charge 'to one ,of common I assault, arid the case was dealt with, summarily., (.((■(
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18678, 7 April 1924, Page 11
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188BIT COMPLAINANT'S EAR. New Zealand Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18678, 7 April 1924, Page 11
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