COMMOTION IN V A SHOP.-
ASSAULT ON A CHINESE.
I [B3T TELEGRAPH. —OWN CORRESPONDENT.} ■' - '• :■■■■'• . • HAMILTON. Tuesday. /. An affray in a Chinese fruit shop in Hamilton East on April 16 led to the pearanoe of a young man named Arthur Vr Gate in Court yesterday charged with ' assaulting Wong On, and. with, committing mischief. - - - - '•Evidence was led i by the police to tneeffect - . that defendant and si, Chinese : entered Wong On's shop and a3 altercation ensued. The police , were summoned. Later in th© evening Gate called at the shop i again and showed his annoyance f' at Wong On's conduct in .summoning the police by pelting him ith apples and other fruit. • - -i;: '. Defendant 'denied assaulting the Chinas man, vor throwing the fruit. He admit-: 1 ; : ted that he had been drinking. A conviction was entered on both • counts, defendant being fined 10s. and ordered ,to pay costs and expenses totalling £3 6s 10d. ', . v . - , !l -
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18708, 14 May 1924, Page 8
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155COMMOTION IN V A SHOP.- New Zealand Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18708, 14 May 1924, Page 8
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