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wfl vvijVIIj IivICTwo Mon FM onTLlo ^Aper lt;eralmobiloweTfcprovthe the ]lessthanbee.Dimun“witcomicernprovneccfocuareaConvicted for what the court described as “a vicious attack, Felix Shurb of Brandon was .fined $100 and costs in police court this morning. He was charged with assault causing acttoal bodily harm.Victim of the assault was Clifford Lush, a Shilo railway worker, who appeared in court this morning with a massive discolored bruise covering most of one side of his face.According to the evidence presented at the hearing Lush was attacked by Shurb in the washroom of a local beer parlor Saturday eve- Mgning, and one witness testified that. 1 » lt;after Shurb had knocked the man 1 j**1 down, he kicked him in the face. | OfPanled RirkingShurb denied kicking the man and ] W there was mi corroborating evidence | tuba to support the previous witnessstatement. F. O. Meighen, Q.C., the | Picrown attorney, submitted, however,that Lush’s injuries could not have I reqtbeen caused by two blows with a fis I er Ialone. use“Of late in Brandon there has been | intoo much of this sort of thing—poo-i pic getting bashed up for no reason, j NMr. Meighen said. cstHe also said that Shurb and two | lighwitnesses, by their own admissionhad walked out of the washroom I Redwithout making any attempt to dc- sprilermine the extent of Lush's injuries, Tand leaving him lyins on the floor. I yeaThe whole affair is disgraceful. ! floehe said. I dittviciousf§axsault on this man and I quite agree I Atwith Mr. Meighen that thisjifiiiiiru iuiii win *vii i mthing Is becoming too prevalent,'' il Magistrate William Stordy said. CkHe said there may he some espla*!nation in the fact that not many i L years ago men were trained and con- — d it toned to bit first and hit hard, but t dai added that these men must realise that such action will not l»e toleratednow.Any persons convicted of such offenses ran expect to lie severely dealt with, he said. HClaimed talf-dtftnaa I the.Voting that Shurb s main defence^Hdefence, magistrate Stordy 1 1I told him that a person is entitled un- [ wt Ider the law to uae only laffkhstM force te protect himself, and he foand^Hfrom the evidence that Shark had j Itweed muck more force lluta was ae-^MnigsuritortooMr. Meighen Informed tpe court | Qthat Fells shark had hcea In tronhlebefore, bat reported that hia condnct I i recently bad been good. He said that I Prthe leanest of Chief Co—table H j talt;heOaWstsr. he wonld not praaa^^^^H prison ssatence. hot ha wonld nrga anthat n heavy One ha imposed. suAppearing an the itno docket Bn*-!eld Robert Senkey. a aeldinr. was Pistand m each on two ckarpm of hisooieino aseanlt. This fieo la tin wn* ■ pcboom which may he impnand an a of charge pf coesmoo naeanM and Magis- mi Unto Hardy said that ho wonld MwHOMda the fine wh heavier if ha hadlha pawor tadaao.■Tho oaort eras inf arm sd that ioHrlblUlMldH
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Brandon Daily Sun
Brandon, Manitoba, CA
Tue, Mar 25, 1952
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