A PRIEST ASSAULTED
DRUNKEN LABOURER’S ACT. FINE OF £3 IMPOSED. (Special to Daily Times.) CHRISTCHURCH, January 24. Alick Handford, a labourer employed at thf Roman Catholic Presbytery at Rangiora, went on a drinking bout while the priests were away. The Rev. Father o‘Doherty returned yesterday afternoon and told Handford that he would have to feavo. Handford struck the priest on the face with his fist, knocking him down. “I’ve given Father o‘Doherty a hiding, and ru give vou one ’ too ’ v &al t Hand " ford to the police sergeant camc along. Handford was fined £3 at W Rangiora Police Court to-day for assault, nnd S was convicted and discharged on a charge of drunkenness.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 20006, 25 January 1927, Page 10
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