FRACAS IN STREET

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 79, Issue 29, 4 February 1935, Page 6

FRACAS IN STREET

CONSTABLE INJURED. HASTINGS, Jan. 19. A disturbance in which some mem- ! bers of a Maori shearing gang from j Taupo participated, and in which ConI stable A. Sutherland suffered a severe ' facia] injury, occurred in Heretaunga street shortly after six o’clock last evening. Arising out of the fracas, two young Maoris appeared in the [Hastings Magistrate’s Court to-day be- ; fore Mr. A. Rosenberg, J.P. One of them, Lockie Sullivan, was charged with behaving in a disorderly manner. with using obscene language, and with resisting Constable Suptherland. The other, Walter Pohi, wa.< charged with assaulting Constable Sutherland so as to cause actual bodily harm. Senior-Sergeant MacNamara said that while the constable was on the ground endeavouring to place Sullivan under arrest, Pohi went to his mate’s assistance. As a result of being kicked in the face, the constable was admitted to the hospital. This morning the medical superintendent had reported that the constable’s condition was dangerous. The senior-sergeant then asked that both accused be remanded until next Saturday. In the case of Sullivan, he said, the police would not oppose bail. They would, howeVer. strongly oppose bail being granted to Pohi. Bail was allowed Sullivan in £•>' and One surety of a similar amount. Pohi (was remanded in custody.