ASSAULT ON A YOUNG GIRL.

NZ Truth, Issue 243, 19 February 1910, Page 7

ASSAULT ON A YOUNG GIRL.

Circus Men m Tronble.

In tfetf Duaedin Police Court on February 11, Magistrate » Bartholomew heard evidence m the case m which George Thomas Buckley , and J ohn Harry Turner were charged with having had carnal knowledge of a girl under the age of 16 years. Accused are members of O'Neill and McMahon's combination, a circus and a yattety r tr6iipe,i antl : "tue girl appeared m court m a blue serge sailor costume, and didn't look as old as she was saia

to be— uftee)ii ' ; : ; .; . " ':' ' '*'' The accused were committed for trial. When the cases were' heard at the higher court, his Honor prohibited the publication of the erideneev .......... „.w , .. Buckley was' ; fonnti .guilty and recommended to mercy. He was admitted to probation for twelve -months, and was ordered „t o pay 2s 6d per week towards the cost of the prosecution; In Turner's case, the jury disagreed, an* he win be retried next session.