CHARGE OF ASSAULT
TWO YOUTHS CONVICTED.
By Telegraph.—-Press Association,
Christchurch, Last Night
William Charles Drury and Robert William Palmer, each aged 17 years, were charged with having committed a common assault on Frederick Fisher, aged 17, of Lichfield Street. Sub-Inspec-tor Mathew said that the two lads pulled Fisher off his bicycle, dragged him into a shop, undid a portion of his garments, and painted his body with tar.
The. magistrate said that tie assault was of a serious nature, but in consideration of the defendant’s ages, and their good record, they would be convicted and ordered to pay witnesses’ expenses.
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Taranaki Daily News, 16 June 1926, Page 7
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