MAGISTRATE ASSAULTED.
MAORI FINED £5. (Peb United Press Association.) HAWERA, March 31. While proceeding to separate two dogs which were fighting in a Patea street on Friday, Mr J, H. Salmon, S.M., was assaulted by the owner of one of the clo"s, Maui Onekura, who as a result was fined £5 to-day by justices of the peace in the Patea Court o - a charge of together with . tional £5 on a charge of urging ’ dog.; to fight. It was stated by Constable Kelly that the case was not one of an ordinary dog fight. The animals had been fighting for some time, and, though, distressed, were being urged to continue when Mr Salmon arrived. Actuated by humanitarian motives, Mr Salmon was proceeding to separate the combatants when he was thrown roughly aside by the accused, who was one of a considerable crowd and who continued to urge the dogs to fight. Mr Salmon personally escorted the accused on the way to the police statiem till met by a constable.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 20990, 1 April 1930, Page 5
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