REMARKABLE ALLEGATIONS.
CHARGE AGAINST PAPUAN OFFICER. PORT MORESBY, April 30. A serious cliarg© has been brought against a Government official for unlawfmlly assaulting Mandattl, a boy m his j charge., The boy's statement was that for an act of disobedience the official held him over a slow firo and roasted him. He then liangcd the boy by the neck for a short space, and struck him with a spade over the face, and fired four shots at him with, a revolver whilst he was j running away. The chief medical officer, Dr. Strong, gave evidence as to the burns and the wounds on the boy's body. The case was adjourned to Tuesday for rebutting evidence to be produced.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXX, Issue 13069, 8 May 1913, Page 6
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