FINED FOR ASSAULT.
MANSLAUGHTER CHARGE \ DISMISSED. (Per United Peest Association.) AUCKLAND, January 14. At tho Police Court to-day, James Lee ■was charged with manslaughter, arising from the death of James White on Saturday evening, following a blow in Wellesley street west. The inquest on the deceased was resumed at the same time. Mr Poynton, S.M., sitting as coroner, found that death was due to the rupture of an artery at tho base of the skull. This mi°-ht have been caused either by excitement during the quarrel or by the tall after the blow which was delivered by Lee under provocation, and not with the intention of causing grevious bodily harm. In his capacity as magistrate, Mr Poynton dismissed the charge of manslaughter but convicted Lee of assault, fining him £2.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 19069, 15 January 1924, Page 8
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130FINED FOR ASSAULT. Otago Daily Times, Issue 19069, 15 January 1924, Page 8
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