ASSAULT IN TAXI
“DISGRACEFUL CONDITIONS” MINER SENT TO PRISON (By Telegraph.—Press Association) DUNEDIN, Monday The spirit, of chivalry was put forward by counsel in the Police Court in extenuation of an assault, on a taxidriver by Patrick Rogers, of Kaij tangata, miner, aged 30. He alleged ; that the driver insulted his female companion. The police stated it was an aggravated assault in disgraceful conditions. Accused and a woman had been drinking in an hotel till requested to leave on account of their boisterous conduct. In response to a call the taximan arrived and the pair embarked, tcijether with a suitcase containing liquor and a demijohn of beer. An argument arose during the drive over the fare, but the woman paid. Accused, objecting to the settlement, struck the driver, forcing him from the seat till he fell in the roadway. The taxi careered on, accused jumping out while the woman went over the bank with the car, receiving a fracture of the skull. 'Even after the accident accused persisted in his attacks. The magistrate inflicted a sentence of three weeks’ gaol.
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Waikato Times, Volume 125, Issue 20888, 21 August 1939, Page 8
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180ASSAULT IN TAXI Waikato Times, Volume 125, Issue 20888, 21 August 1939, Page 8
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