SUPREME COURT.
AUCKLAND SESSIONS. [Per Press Association.! Auckland,- August 22. At fclio Supreme Court a youth named Reginald Spick, charged with assault with intent, was acquitted by the jury. It was alleged that he entered the bedroom occupied by a fifteen-year-old daughter of a boarding-house keeper at Paparoa, and was caught by her father, who administered an unmerciful thrashing. . THE CASE OF McMEEKIN. Christchurch,- August 22. In tho Supremo Court, in the case of Joe Martin Chapman, charged with assaulting McMeekin and causing injuries which resulted in death, and on a second count, that, being an attendant at a mental hospital, ho assaulted a patient, Mr Stringer for tho Crown said McMeekin was about 42 He was medically examined on admission and found physically strong. Hr ** suffered from eye trouble, which mad ’ him almost blind. Mrs McMeekin gave evidence that her husband was never violent.
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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVI, Issue 92, 22 August 1913, Page 5
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