SOLICITOR ASSAULTED
SENTENCE ON COOK THEEE DAYS" HARD LABOUR. ( Per Press Association. 1 WELLINGTON, Nov. 12. Convicted of assaulting Archibald Burnette Sievwright, solicitor, in the Maf?.;trate’s Court this afternoon, Percival Murray White, a cook, aged 28, was convicted and sentenced by Mr. H. P. Lawry. S.M.. to three days’ hard labour. The assault took place in the Magistrate's Court library at about 4.30 p.m. and followed the hearing of a case in which. Mr. Sievwright appeared as • counsel. The arrest was made on the spot by a constable and White was brought before the Bench immediately, it being stated in evidence that he had followed the solicitor into the library room and struck several blows, one of which caus-id a mouth injury. _
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 79, Issue 266, 13 November 1935, Page 8
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