A PECULIAR CASE.
(united tress association.) Dunedin, March 25. The hearing-of a somewhat peculiar case was commenced at the Resident Magistrate s •Court to-day. A man named Robinson sued John Brown for £SO damages for trespass and injury done to furniture. It was con. tended for the plaintiff that while no one •was at his house'but his daughter, who was «f very weak intellect, Brown had entered the house and attempted to take liberties with the girl. Her brother and another young man, on entering the house, detected Brown, when he assaulted them, and the furniture was knocked about. The defendant denied the charge, which ms -solicitor stated was a trumped up one. He merely went to the house to collect money, and not believing the statement that no one was at home, he entered to see. The case -was adjourned.
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New Zealand Mail, Issue 787, 1 April 1887, Page 23
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141A PECULIAR CASE. New Zealand Mail, Issue 787, 1 April 1887, Page 23
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