JUSTIFIABLE HOMICIDE,
FRACAS AT A DANCE. CONSTABLE EXONERATED. (By Telegraph—Press Assn.—Copyright.) (Australian Press Association.) (Received Jan. 17, 10.30 a.m.) MELBOURNE, Jan. 17. A finding 'of justifiable homicide was given by the coroner at an inquest concerning the death of William .Kraesst. Constable Brown, by whom the fatal shot was .fired, was absolved from blame.
When Constables Brown and McCulloch arrested two men who w6re under the influence of liquor at a dance hall the men resisted violently, and 20 of the other dancers came to Their assistance. The pojicdmcn were thrown to the ground and savagely kicked. Brown’s baton was wrenched from him. He dmw r . Revolver
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Waikato Times, Volume 105, Issue 17612, 17 January 1929, Page 7
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