COURAGE RECOGNISED.
YOUNQ MAN CONGRATULATED. TRIBUTE BY JUDGE. AUCKLAND, Saturday. special compliment was paid in the Supreme Court yesterday to Mr J. R. Jurie, the young civilian who rendered assistance to a detective when the latter had to arrest on a roof-top a man who menaced him with a revolver. In finding the man guilty of attempting to discharge a revolver at the detective, the jury added a rider asking Mr Justice Herdman to express appreciation of the courageous assistance given the police by the witness Jurie. . . '■■■ Jurie was called before His Honour. “I am requested by the Jury,” said His Honour, “to express their apprecthe valuable assistance which you gave to the police in connection with this matter. I* would like to express my own appreciation. I think you behaved in a very courageous way, and were of great assistance to the police officer. I thank you.”
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Waikato Times, Volume 116, Issue 19399, 27 October 1934, Page 8
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148COURAGE RECOGNISED. Waikato Times, Volume 116, Issue 19399, 27 October 1934, Page 8
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