BAILIFF ASSAULTED
“SORRY FOR WHAT HE HAD DONE.” MAGISTRATE TAKES SERIOUS VIEW OF THE CASE. “This man lost his head in the excitement of the moment, and is now very sorry for what ho has done,” declared Mr P. J. O’Regan when appearing for a man named F. J. James, who was charged at the Magistrate’s Court yesterday with an assault upon an elderly bailiff, a man of over seventy years of ago. It was explained that the bailiff had business to transact in the defendant’s house, but obtained no response to his knocking. Seeing a window opened ho climbed through, calling out all the while, and on going to open the front door was assaulted by the defendant. The complainant as a result suffered a badly damaged eye. Counsel for the defendant 6aid the man was sorry for what he had done, and had taken the manly course of pleading guilty. The defendant was fined £lO and of the offence. “An offence of this class cannot be looked upon lightly by the court,” declared His Worship, who added that it was lucky for the de Fendant that the charge had been laid under a particular section, as he had been debating whetner to impose a fine or a term of imprisonment. Tho defendant was fined £lO and costs, and on the application of Mr C. A. L. Treadwell, half the amount was ordered to be paid l to the bailiff.
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New Zealand Times, Volume LI, Issue 11785, 22 March 1924, Page 4
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